1. Renting Your Property: How to Choose Tenants and Avoid Legal Pitfalls 2. Understanding Leases and Rental Agreements 3. Basic Rent Rules 4. Rent Control 5. Security Deposits 6. Property Managers 7. Getting the Tenant Moved In 8.

Lawyers, Legal Research, Eviction Services, and Mediation 9. Discrimination 10. Cotenants, Subtenants, and Guests 11. The Landlord's Duty to Repair and Maintain the Property 12. The Landlord's Liability for Dangerous Conditions, Criminal Acts, and Environmental Health Hazards 13. The Landlord's Right of Entry and Tenant's Privacy 14. Raising Rents and Changing Other Terms of Tenancy 15. Retaliatory Rent Increases and Evictions 16.

The Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit 17. Self-Help Evictions, Utility Terminations, and Taking Tenants' Property 18. Terminating Tenancies 19. When a Tenant Leaves Voluntarily: Month-to-Month Tenancies, Fixed-Term Leases, Abandonment, and Death of a Tenant 20. Returning Security Deposits 21. Property Abandoned by a Tenant Appendix: How to Use the Downloadable Forms on the Nolo Website Index.