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Question on Mold in your lease agreements
I was given a lease template that one of my real estate friend uses. His dad is the biggest RE player in the county they live in so I assume it was ran by a lawyer, but I haven't asked. On the lease there's a section that talks about mold, and if the tenant suspects there is mold then it's their sole responsibility and at their cost to get it tested. And if it is mold, again it's the tenants sole responsibility to get it cleaned at their cost. I've googled landlord/tenant Mold issues and have seen mostly that it's the landlord's responsibility. Can someone with experience on this chime in here? I don't have any mold where I live that I am planning to rent out here in a few months. I just don't want this to back fire at me if in case there's something in the future and this lease agreement backfires at me in court.