#landlord lease clauses

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.

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.