Florida Lease needed

[Angela Brigido]

Hi everyone, I'm living in PA and I have a condo in Florida that I will be renting out and I need a good lease. My new tenant comes from a family of lawyers. My last tenant just left and I ran into so many problems because the lease did not protect me as a landlord. My realtor got it from somewhere and it really was not good. It caused me many night sleeps and money. Does anyone have any suggestions where I could go to get a good Florida lease that protects the Landlord or does anyone have a Florida lease that they would like to share with me? I'm fine with writing my own but I want to make sure it coincides with the Florida Landlord Statutes. I want to start off on the right foot this time. Thank You! Angela

[Isabel Gutierrez]

I recently created a lease for a SFH in Florida. Here are some useful links to consider, seeing as you are out of state & should be as familiar with the FL laws, etc. as possible.

FL Landlord & Tenant Forms provided by FloridaBar.org
http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBConsum.nsf/0a92a6dc28e76ae58525700a005d0d53/a2490d4fa31363a88525771200482bdd!OpenDocument
--This site provides the approved lease for an apartment or unit in a multi-family rental housing, as well one for single family home or duplex

FL Landlord Tenant Law Chapter 23 Part II, Residential Tenancies: http://www.collierclerk.com/pdf/civil/ResEvictionCahpter23Part2

Hope this helps you out!