| Renting out a room can be a great way to add a | | | | Keep in mind that you will probably not want to |
| bit of extra money to the bank account every | | | | finalize the agreement and print it until you have |
| month and in this economy this can help many | | | | had a chance to find a tenant and have talked |
| families out. You may worry a lot about bringing | | | | with them. There may be specific things they are |
| another person into the home especially if your | | | | looking for in a room rental and until you finalize all |
| home is particularly nice or has a lot of valuables | | | | of the details of your contract you should not try |
| or you have small children in the home. Done | | | | to complete it. Finding a tenant means taking a lot |
| properly there is no reason why you should not | | | | of time to interview various people, getting lots of |
| have someone rent a room from you. You should | | | | references and doing background checks on them |
| start with a carefully drawn up room rental | | | | before you decide to let them rent from you. It |
| agreement form that will protect your interests | | | | is important to ensure that the person who is |
| and clearly define the rules for your new tenant. | | | | going to rent from you is someone that you feel |
| The easiest and cheapest way to draw up a | | | | comfortable with giving access to your home. |
| room rental form is to look for a free template | | | | Once you have decided on a tenant and the two |
| online, you will most likely not be able to use the | | | | of you have sat down and decided on the terms |
| form as it comes from the site you downloaded | | | | of the rental you should finalize your room rental |
| it from, most forms like this are made very | | | | agreement form, most of the templates that you |
| generic on purpose and it is up to you to | | | | can download off of the Internet offer a large |
| customize them to your needs. You can also | | | | degree of customization so that you can add |
| search the Internet for samples of a room rental | | | | anything you want to them. Be sure you are both |
| contract that will allow you to see what other | | | | happy with the form as it is, and then both of |
| people have put in their agreements so as to give | | | | you will need to sign it and your tenant will get |
| you ideas on what to put in yours. | | | | one copy and you will get another. |