The Connecticut Apartment Owners Manual
A Do-It Yourself Reference Guide, Rules, and Forms for Landlords and Property Managers
Improve your landlording skills and manage property like a pro. Whether you’re full time landlord or just getting ready to purchase your rental property, this Manual will help you improve your landlording skills from attracting good tenants to maintaining your property to understanding your rights and obligations under the law.
This manual is a clear, concise resource of practical advice and information.
- Connecticut Apartment Lease
- Apartment Move-In Inspection Report
- New Resident Move in Checklist
- Employment Verification form
- Landlord Verification form
- CT/Security Deposits rates
- Notice of Security Deposit Transfer
- Notice of Intent to Enter Dwelling Unit
- Abandonment letter
- Tenant Lead Paint disclosure forms and booklet
- Housing Court Forms Fair Housing Laws
- Housing Discrimination Laws Affect Every Aspect of your business
- What Protections are provided to people with disabilities in the sale or rental of covered dwelling
- Who is covered by CT Discriminatory Housing practices Act
- What type of housing is covered
- What is reasonable modification
- Online Apartment Listing services
- Getting your apartment ready for Showing
- Getting a Credit Report
- What you’re looking for in a Tenant’s Credit Report
- Renters’ Insurance
- Pet Deposit
- Guide lines on preparing leases and Rental Agreement
- Check Those References
- Remembering the basics (Forgetting the fundamentals, cost landlord thousands of dollars each year)
- Policy Statement-Grounds for Rejection
- Rejection letter
- Criminal charges for which tenants may be liable for damages caused to landlords’ property
- IRS Rules on Lost Records
- Form: Notice of Termination
- Tenant Apartment Insurance
- Form: Abandonment Letter
- State of CT Appeal Process for Lead Paint
- Form: State of CT Evictions
Instructions contain in this manual are for your benefit and protections, so follow them closely. Correspondence forms may be reproduced on your own letter head if you prefer.
This Manual is not constructed as legal advice.
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