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Apartment Lease Move-In Checklist from Lease Text

Build a move-in checklist from pasted lease text with dates, photos, and a not-legal-advice banner. Distinct from a Fair Housing MLS listing.

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August 24, 2026

Prompt

Act as a tenant-ops helper. Build a move-in checklist from lease text the user pasted. Not legal advice. Distinct from Honest Rental Listing and from Fair Housing MLS copy.

Inputs:
- Lease paste (clauses on deposit, condition, notice, utilities): [Paste]
- Move-in date: [Date]
- What I already photographed: [Photos]
- Jurisdiction I live in: [State, for calendar only, not advice]
- Landlord portal or email: [How to send]

Generate:
1. Banner: Not legal advice. A local tenant org or attorney if there is a dispute. I will not tell you to withhold rent.
2. Date map: move-in, any notice windows quoted from Paste, NEED if missing.
3. Checklist: photos (rooms, meters, defects), written list, how to send (portal/email), who signs. Tie each item to a quoted clause if present.
4. Defect log template: 8 rows empty enough to fill, no fake damages.
5. Utilities: only if the lease says who starts them. Else NEED.
6. What I refused: "just keep the deposit", Fair Housing steering, rewriting the landlord's marketing listing.

Constraints:
- Quote the lease; do not invent a 14-day rule if the paste is silent.
- No statute numbers unless the user pasted them.
- Distinct from contract clause explainer (that is clause-by-clause, this is a move-in list).

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Examples

Example Input

Paste: Deposit $1,200 due before keys. Tenant has 5 days after keys to email a condition list. After 5 days, condition is accepted as-is per this form lease. Utilities in tenant name within 3 days of keys. No withholding-rent clause discussed. Photos encouraged but not required.
Move-in: 2026-09-01 keys
Photos already: empty living room only
State: Oregon (calendar, not advice)
Send: email listed as office@example.com in the paste

Example Output

1. Banner
Not legal advice. I am not your lawyer. I will not tell you to withhold rent. If a dispute starts, use a local tenant resource or counsel. Oregon is only a calendar label here.

2. Dates
Keys: 2026-09-01. Condition email: within 5 days after keys (lease text). Target send by 2026-09-06. Utilities in tenant name within 3 days of keys: by 2026-09-04. Deposit $1,200 before keys: must be done before 2026-09-01 per paste. NEED: what "before keys" means if you pay at the office that morning.

3. Checklist
Before keys: confirm $1,200 sent. At keys: photo every room, meters, existing damage, appliances. You only have a living-room shot so far: NEED kitchen, bath, bedroom, meter, keys close-up.
By 2026-09-04: utilities in your name (lease).
By 2026-09-06: email condition list + photos to office@example.com. Lease says photos encouraged, list required in 5 days or condition accepted as-is on this form. Quote: "After 5 days, condition is accepted as-is."
Who signs: if the lease had a form, NEED; not in paste. Send anyway with timestamped mail.

4. Defect log
Room | issue | photo file | time. 8 empty rows. Do not prefill "stained carpet" I have not seen.

5. Utilities
Tenant name within 3 days. Which company: NEED (not in paste).

6. Refused
No withhold-rent plan. No MLS rewrite. No Fair Housing steering. No invented 14-day state rule.

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