I am looking for a free official lease/rental agreement?  any help would be appreciated?
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Unless you are an expert on and have extensive experience in the landlord/tenant laws of your state and town/county, I would not recommend that you do this.\n\nWeek after week, our office sees people who did this in order to save a few bucks, and are now emeshed in a freaking legal or financial nightmare.\n\nFor example, in my county if you rent a condo out, you must inform your tenant in writing in the lease that they are renting a condo and as such their tenancy can be terminated with 60 days notice if the unit is sold.  This is a law that is unique to the county I am in and is not statewide.   Every week or so we get someone in our office who either gave their condo tenant no lease or used a lease from Staples or some free form online when they rented the place and they now want to sell their condo.  The look of disbelief on their faces when they find out that  the earliest they can get their tenant out is  2 & 1/2 YEARS from the day they come into our office and that it is going to cost them big bucks in legal fees because this all-important clause was not included in the lease is priceless. But hey, they saved $75.00!  \n\nDon't cost yourself hundreds or even thousands of dollars tomorrow because you want to save a few bucks today.  Go to a lawyer who specializes (not just does it sometimes) in landlord/tenant and real estate law in your area.  Pay them to draw up a lease that fits your exact situation and does not have any unenforceable clauses in it, and that it conforms to all applicable state and local laws.
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Different ways.  Have someone co-sign your lease.  Offer a higher security deposit.  Offer a higher rent rate.  Say you'll sign a longer lease term.  Arrange a month to month agreement so you can be easily booted if you fail to pay.  Find a nice place with a 'flexible' manager.  My mother paid $35 application fee, which I'm pretty sure went into the bldg. managers pocket!
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One trick to get it for free is to ask a house agent for a Sample copy of his company's standard lease agreement. You'll need to modify some clauses to adapt for your use and avoid copyright related issues.
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Talk to the CAB about the tenant rights. They will be able to give you the specifics, and they're free!
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I just took a look at that "free" standard agreement, and there are a boatload of problems with it.  My office gets landlords in all the time who have managed to screw themselves royally with those free forms, Staples leases, landlord.com crap, etc...  \n\nMany clauses in those leases are unenforceable because they go against state or local law.  People can't sign away their rights.  It just doesn't work that way.  Those agreements aren't written with your best interests in mind nor do they protect you or your rights in many instances.   They are like sugar pills ... you feel all secure but in reality it's worthless. \n\nThis lease doesn't include the all important term "right of reentry" which allows you to legally reclaim the unit using the notices and causes for eviction provided by the laws of your state if the tenant fails to abide by the terms of the lease. If you didn't reserve the "right of reentry" in your lease, you have given up your right to evict for anything other than non-payment of rent.   \n\nSome other problems with this lease:\n\n"A finance charge of up to 10% of rent not paid will be automatically charged to the Tenant’s account after the fifth day of the month."   Many places have laws that limit the amount of late fee that can be charged, no matter what the lease says.  This amount may or may not be legal where you are.  And many states have laws (either statutory or case) that protect people who are on pensions and such from being charged late fees at all if their checks are issued on the 5th or whatever.\n\n"If the tenant’s rent is past due and the landlord exercises his legal right to seek a judgment against the tenant in court, a $xxx fee shall apply in addition to court costs, late fees and rent due." That's basically a usury charge, and I'll bet it's unenforceable in almost every state. \n\nAlso this lease doesn't state that the court costs or late fees are considered "additional rent", and as such you probably won't be able to claim them on a non-payment complaint. \n\n"If the tenant abandons the property, the landlord may enter and relet the property. In this case, the landlord may also remove and dispose of any personal property left behind by the tenant."  Want to get sued?  You need to take legal action to regain posession of the apartment, and you must follow the law in your area regarding abandoned property.  You can't just toss it out.  Let's say your tenant disappears.  You think he abandoned the place, dump his stuff and re-rent the unit.  Your tenant shows up in a month or two and guess what?  YOU are the one in trouble.  You didn't regain legal posession of the apartment.  Those people are living in his apartment.  You threw out his stuff.  You are going to pay for this through the nose, and the few hundred dollars he owes you will be deducted from the thousands of dollars you will owe him.   We had one tenant as a client who was wrongfully detained for over a month in a foreign jail while on vacation.  He  came back to find new people in his place and all his stuff gone.  The settlement our office got for him was probably twice what most people reading this make in a year.  The landlord could easily have avoided this by taking the legal steps required to reclaim the unit and by placing the tenants belongings in storage as required under the law. \n\n" will return the balance within 30 days. The tenant must give the landlord written notice of the tenant’s new address or make other arrangements with the landlord for the return of the security deposit."   If state law say you have fewer days, then that's all you have.  In many places, if you don't return the deposit or a written statement why it is not being returned (unpaid rent, damage, etc) within the time frame allowed by law, the tenant is awarded 2 or 3 times the amount of the deposit.
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Yes.  Landlord associations within your city have every document you need.  Look for Landlord/Tenant under the government pages and if unable to locate there, call your local chamber of commerce and ask and they'll start directing you....may take a few calls, good luck.
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Go to the yahoo search engine and type in the state you are living in and then put in "renters rights".  You will get lots of help there.
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Look in phone book or go to www.forrent.com
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you should contact a pahrupmp real estate agent.  this directory is really helpful, but if it's super small there might not be anyone who covers that area on there: http://www.idxbroker.com/news/256_IDX,_Inc._Introduces.php\n(just click on your state)  try looking on the directory for a rental specialist near the area if that doesn't help.  good luck ;)
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Try this website: http://www.ilrg.com/forms/lease.html\n\nThey have lease agreement forms for:\n\nAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,\nColorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois,\nIndiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, \nMaryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, \nNew Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,\nOregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,\nSouth Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and\nWyoming
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Washington State Bar Association is a good place to start.\nhttp://www.wsba.org/media/publications/pamphlets/landlord-tenant.htm
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You didn't say what you wanted to rent. \nHere's one for renting snowmobiles.  http://www.fun4usonline.com/fun4us/sample_contract.htm\n\nHere's some information about a house or apartment rental.  http://www.lawdepot.com/contracts/reslease/?pid=google-reslse_us-rental_a&s_kwcid=sample%20rental%20contract|485102709
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You can try apartments.com, or a local realtor if you need personal assistance.
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Yes there are!... \n\nAs a real estate agent I suggest you check out the following sites www.apartmentratings.com or www.apartmentreviews.net \nboth are very helpful.  \n\nAlso, you may want to check out the consumer advocates for tenants rights by visiting their website at www.thelemonclub.com.\n\nHowever, I find it best to personally visit the properties during various hours of the day and make sure it's a comfortable place for you to live in.\n\nBest of luck to you!
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The 30$ fee is not required, it's bogus. You aren't going to get the lease.\nLook somewhere else.
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There are quite a few residences for rent...email me with what you are looking for...# of bed/bath; house, duplex, apartment; price range; gas or electric; furnished or not; pets allowed; square footage; any or all of these things and/ or additional information...I am from Fort Smith and my entire family resides in Fort Smith, so even if I don't know of anything, someone should.\n\nI will probably be able to respond tomorrow...it is 2am here so I am going to bed.
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Call the city housing authority.  You will have to fill out their forms, provide them a signed lease, and pass an inspection.  You can advertise your property for a section 8 tenent for free on "gosection8.com"