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10 Renting Tips for Tenants

 Presented By: RenterLife.com
1. Bring your paperwork.
2. Review the lease.
3. Get everything in writing.
4. Protect your privacy rights.
5. Demand repairs.
6. Talk to your landlord.
7. Purchase renters’ insurance.
8. Protect your security deposit.
9. Protect your safety.
10. Deal with an eviction problem.
1. Bring Your Paperwork.
• The best way to win over a protective landlord
  is to be prepared. To get a competitive edge
  over other applicants, the following when you
  meet the landlord: a completed rental
  application, written references, and a current
  copy of your credit report.
2. Review the Lease
• Carefully review all the conditions of the
  tenancy before you sign on the dotted line.
  Your lease or rental agreement may contain a
  provision that you find unacceptable. For
  example, restrictions on guests, pets, design
  alterations, or running a home business.
3. Get Everything in Writing
• To avoid disputes or misunderstandings with
  your landlord, get everything in writing. Keep
  copies of of any corresponding and follow up
  an oral agreement with a letter, setting out
  your understandings.
4. Protect Your Privacy Rights
• Next to disputes over rent or security
  deposits, one of the most common and
  emotion filled misunderstandings arises over
  the tension between a landlord’s right to enter
  a rental unit and a tenant’s right to be alone. If
  you understand your privacy rights, it will be
  easier to protect them.
5. Demand Repairs
• Know your rights to live in a habitable rental
  unit and don’t give them up. The vast majority
  of landlords are required to offer their tenants
  livable premises, including adequate
  weatherproofing, heat, water, electricity, and
  a clean, sanitary, and structurally safe
  premises.
6. Talk to Your Landlord
• Keep communication open with your landlord.
  If there’s a problem—for example, if the
  landlord is slow to make repairs—talk if over
  to see if the issue can be resolved short of a
  nasty legal battle.
7. Purchase Renters’ Insurance
• Your landlord’s insurance policy will not cover
  your losses due to theft or damage. You need
  to get your own renters’ insurance policy.
8. Protect Your Security Deposit
• To protect yourself and avoid any
  misunderstandings, make sure your lease or
  rental agreement is clear on the use and
  refund of security deposits, including
  allowable deductions. When you move, do a
  walk through with the landlord to record
  existing damage to the premises on a move in
  statement.
9. Protect Your Safety
• Learn whether your building and
  neighborhood are safe, and what you can
  expect your landlord to do about it if they
  aren’t. Get copies of any state or local laws
  that require safety devices such as deadbolts
  and window locks, check out the property’s
  vulnerability to intrusion by an criminal, and
  learn whether criminal incidents have
  occurred on the property or nearby.
10. Deal with an Eviction Properly
• Know when to fight an eviction notice—and
  when to move. If you feel the landlord is
  clearly wrong, you may want to fight the
  eviction. But unless you have the law and
  provable facts on your side, fighting an
  eviction notice can be short sighted. If you
  lose an eviction lawsuit, you may end up
  hundreds of dollars indebt, which will damage
  your credit rating and your ability to easily
  rent from future landlords.
Presented By: RenterLife.com

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10 Renting Tips for Tenants

  • 1. 10 Renting Tips for Tenants Presented By: RenterLife.com
  • 2. 1. Bring your paperwork. 2. Review the lease. 3. Get everything in writing. 4. Protect your privacy rights. 5. Demand repairs. 6. Talk to your landlord. 7. Purchase renters’ insurance. 8. Protect your security deposit. 9. Protect your safety. 10. Deal with an eviction problem.
  • 3. 1. Bring Your Paperwork. • The best way to win over a protective landlord is to be prepared. To get a competitive edge over other applicants, the following when you meet the landlord: a completed rental application, written references, and a current copy of your credit report.
  • 4. 2. Review the Lease • Carefully review all the conditions of the tenancy before you sign on the dotted line. Your lease or rental agreement may contain a provision that you find unacceptable. For example, restrictions on guests, pets, design alterations, or running a home business.
  • 5. 3. Get Everything in Writing • To avoid disputes or misunderstandings with your landlord, get everything in writing. Keep copies of of any corresponding and follow up an oral agreement with a letter, setting out your understandings.
  • 6. 4. Protect Your Privacy Rights • Next to disputes over rent or security deposits, one of the most common and emotion filled misunderstandings arises over the tension between a landlord’s right to enter a rental unit and a tenant’s right to be alone. If you understand your privacy rights, it will be easier to protect them.
  • 7. 5. Demand Repairs • Know your rights to live in a habitable rental unit and don’t give them up. The vast majority of landlords are required to offer their tenants livable premises, including adequate weatherproofing, heat, water, electricity, and a clean, sanitary, and structurally safe premises.
  • 8. 6. Talk to Your Landlord • Keep communication open with your landlord. If there’s a problem—for example, if the landlord is slow to make repairs—talk if over to see if the issue can be resolved short of a nasty legal battle.
  • 9. 7. Purchase Renters’ Insurance • Your landlord’s insurance policy will not cover your losses due to theft or damage. You need to get your own renters’ insurance policy.
  • 10. 8. Protect Your Security Deposit • To protect yourself and avoid any misunderstandings, make sure your lease or rental agreement is clear on the use and refund of security deposits, including allowable deductions. When you move, do a walk through with the landlord to record existing damage to the premises on a move in statement.
  • 11. 9. Protect Your Safety • Learn whether your building and neighborhood are safe, and what you can expect your landlord to do about it if they aren’t. Get copies of any state or local laws that require safety devices such as deadbolts and window locks, check out the property’s vulnerability to intrusion by an criminal, and learn whether criminal incidents have occurred on the property or nearby.
  • 12. 10. Deal with an Eviction Properly • Know when to fight an eviction notice—and when to move. If you feel the landlord is clearly wrong, you may want to fight the eviction. But unless you have the law and provable facts on your side, fighting an eviction notice can be short sighted. If you lose an eviction lawsuit, you may end up hundreds of dollars indebt, which will damage your credit rating and your ability to easily rent from future landlords.