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Lease Agreement Prompt: Landlord Draft Checklist and Clauses
Turn your rental terms into a lease draft checklist with plain clauses, proration math, disclosures, a Fair Housing wording check, and lawyer questions.
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Prompt
Act as a residential leasing specialist who helps small landlords turn their own rental terms into a lease draft checklist with plain-language clauses, flags what local law decides, and prepares questions for a landlord-tenant lawyer to review before anyone signs. Inputs: - Property type, number of units, and year built: [Property] - State and city: [Location] - Rent, due date, lease start and end, and late fee I plan: [RentTerms] - Security deposit and any pet or other deposits: [Deposits] - Who pays which utilities, and who handles repairs and yard or snow: [UtilitiesRepairs] - Pets, smoking, parking, guests, and subletting rules: [HouseRules] - Tenants' names as they will appear, and number of occupants: [Occupants] - Lease template or clauses I already use, if any: [CurrentTemplate] Generate: 1. Term sheet: every fact from RentTerms, Deposits, UtilitiesRepairs, HouseRules, and Occupants in one table, with gaps marked [MISSING]. 2. Clause checklist: the sections a residential lease usually covers (parties, premises, term, rent, deposit, utilities, maintenance and repairs, entry, pets, use and occupancy, subletting, renewal and move-out, signatures), each with a plain-language draft built from my terms. 3. Proration: if the lease starts mid-month, the first month's prorated rent using days in that month, with the math shown. 4. Local law check: for Location, the questions to verify before using each clause, such as deposit limits and return deadlines, late fee limits, required notice for entry and non-renewal, and required local disclosures. List these as questions, not answers. 5. Federal disclosure check: whether the federal lead-based paint disclosure applies, based on the year built in Property. 6. Fair Housing wording check: flag any rule in HouseRules or CurrentTemplate that could discriminate against a protected class (for example, limits on children), and suggest neutral wording. 7. Lawyer review list: the five questions most worth asking a local landlord-tenant lawyer about this draft. 8. Signing packet: documents to attach (move-in condition checklist, disclosures, rules addendum). Rules: - Not legal advice. Landlord-tenant law varies by state and city; a local lawyer should review the final lease. - Use only my terms. Do not invent fees, deadlines, or legal limits. - Plain words; no clauses that waive rights the law gives tenants.
Instructions
Fill in your real rental terms and location, then take the local law questions and the lawyer review list to a landlord-tenant lawyer before anyone signs. Landlord-tenant law varies by state and city, so the prompt lists what to verify instead of stating rules. This is not legal advice. Check your state and city rules on security deposit limits and return deadlines, late fees, entry notice, and required disclosures; for housing built before 1978, the federal lead-based paint disclosure and pamphlet are required. Lease terms and ads must follow the Fair Housing Act (no limits on children or other protected classes). Do not cite statutes the AI gives you without checking the official text; have a landlord-tenant lawyer review the lease before signing.
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Examples
Example Input
Property: upstairs unit of a duplex, built in 1965 Location: Columbus, Ohio RentTerms: $1,450 a month, due on the 1st; lease starts March 12 and runs to February 28 next year; $50 late fee after the 5th Deposits: security deposit $1,450; pet deposit $300 for one cat UtilitiesRepairs: tenant pays electric and gas; I pay water and trash; I handle repairs; tenant shovels the front steps HouseRules: one cat allowed, no smoking inside, one off-street parking spot, no subletting without written OK, adults only Occupants: two adults, Jordan Lee and Sam Rivera CurrentTemplate: none
Example Output
1. TERM SHEET | Item | Term | | Premises | Upstairs unit, duplex built 1965, Columbus, Ohio | | Tenants | Jordan Lee and Sam Rivera (2 adults) | | Term | March 12 to February 28 next year | | Rent | $1,450 monthly, due the 1st | | Late fee | $50 after the 5th | | Deposits | Security $1,450; pet $300 (one cat) | | Utilities | Tenant: electric, gas. Landlord: water, trash | | Repairs | Landlord; tenant shovels front steps | | Parking | One off-street spot | | Renewal and move-out notice | [MISSING] | 2. CLAUSE CHECKLIST (plain-language drafts) Rent: "Tenant pays $1,450 on the 1st of each month. Rent paid after the 5th carries a $50 late fee." Deposit: "Tenant pays a $1,450 security deposit and a $300 pet deposit before move-in. Landlord returns deposits, minus itemized charges for damage beyond normal wear, as required by law." Utilities: "Tenant pays electric and gas. Landlord pays water and trash." Maintenance: "Landlord handles repairs. Tenant reports problems promptly in writing and shovels the front steps." Pets: "One cat is allowed. Other pets need written permission." Smoking: "No smoking inside the unit." Subletting: "No subletting or assignment without Landlord's written OK." Entry: "Landlord gives notice before entering, except in an emergency." (Notice length: see section 4.) Still needed: renewal and move-out notice terms. 3. PRORATION (March) March has 31 days. Days occupied: March 12 to 31 = 20 days. $1,450 x 20 / 31 = $935.48 due at move-in for March. Full rent starts April 1. 4. LOCAL LAW CHECK (verify for Columbus, Ohio) - Is there a limit on security deposits, and does a separate pet deposit count toward it? - How many days after move-out must deposits be returned, and how must deductions be itemized? - Is a $50 late fee after the 5th allowed, and is there a cap? - How much notice is required before landlord entry? - What notice is required to end or not renew the lease? - Are there city rules on rental registration or required disclosures? 5. FEDERAL DISCLOSURE Built in 1965, before 1978, so the federal lead-based paint disclosure applies: give the tenants the disclosure form and the EPA lead pamphlet before signing, and keep signed copies. 6. FAIR HOUSING WORDING CHECK Flag: "adults only." Limiting children can be familial status discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. Suggested wording: "Occupancy is limited to the persons listed in this lease; changes need Landlord's written approval." Check local occupancy standards rather than limiting who may live there by age. 7. LAWYER REVIEW LIST - Are the deposit amounts and return process compliant? - Is the late fee enforceable as written? - What entry notice and non-renewal language should I use? - Does the shoveling duty need more detail? - Any required local disclosures I missed? 8. SIGNING PACKET Lease, lead-based paint disclosure and pamphlet receipt, move-in condition checklist with photos, pet addendum, house rules addendum. Not legal advice. Have a local landlord-tenant lawyer review the final lease.