A lease has a full lifecycle, and problems tend to show up at predictable points along the way. This section follows that lifecycle from the beginning to the end of a tenancy: pre-tenancy disclosures landlords are required to make, application screening and FCRA compliance, the different lease term types and what each one means legally, a drafting checklist built from provisions that actually hold up in litigation, the landlord’s right of entry, what happens with a holdover tenant, and a tenant’s abandonment of the property. Each page is built around the practical questions that come up at that stage.
