Anyone have a copy of a good rental agreement?

Yeah. Your lawyer's office would be your best bet.

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Get the one off biggerpockets.com and edit it how you want it.

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This is probably the worst possible solution. I'm not a big fan of using forms of the Internet in general, but if you're going to use them use them as is. What you absolutely cannot do is take forms off the Internet then start randomly changing them. You're just asking for trouble if you get a fiesty tenant.

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This is probably the worst possible solution. I'm not a big fan of using forms of the Internet in general, but if you're going to use them use them as is. What you absolutely cannot do is take forms off the Internet then start randomly changing them. You're just asking for trouble if you get a fiesty tenant.

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This sounds like something an ambulance chasing lawyer would say.

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This sounds like something an ambulance chasing lawyer would say.

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Trust me when I say I'm not looking for business writing residential lease agreements in Alabama.

Some form contracts are good, some are bad. (That's a whole separate discussion.) But they're written the way they are for a reason. Some parts you can change at will, some parts you can change and render the contract completely unenforceable. Unless you know which is which, you would be better off using the form contract as is.

Actually, I Love Bama specifically should hire a lawyer. Given that this is basically your full-time job, I think it's worth a couple hundred bucks to get a lease that is tailored to your state, your clientele, etc. so you can get something that's enforceable while still being as landlord-friendly as possible. This is one of those things that's relatively cheap to do right at the beginning and extremely expensive to fix on the back end.

Cool. Thanks.

I have been renting residential property in MS for 20+ years. The few times I have been to small claims court the judge didn't even read/look at the lease. I charge a $10 a day late fee after the the 3rd. Judge told one guy "That's pretty good deal. Try renting a hotel room for $10 a day"