Make your Free Wisconsin Lease Agreement

A Wisconsin Lease Agreement is often prepared by property owners to lay out the terms and conditions of an arrangement made with a renter. When it contains the appropriate information, this essential contract can reduce disagreements by ensuring that both parties are on the same page. You can click on the button that says "Make document" to check out the Wisconsin Rental Contract sample and see what information you'll need to provide to personalize your document. Suitable for renting out every residential property type, this rental agreement for Wisconsin can be used in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, or any additional city or municipality in the Badger State.

As with any legal agreement, a Wisconsin Rental Contract is not legally binding until all parties to the agreement have signed. This is not a run-of-the-mill Wisconsin Lease Agreement template. Any Wisconsin Residential Lease Agreement under a Premium membership is supported by Document Defense^®, an optional benefit to help enforce your rights.

Even if you are providing the rental to a friend, the Wisconsin Lease Agreement is a document that should never be missed. Using this document could be helpful for you because of the benefits outlined below:

• Lease start and end dates are established
• All parties know when rent is due
• All parties understand their responsibilities

In the end, if you and/or the renter fail to sign this document, you might not enjoy all of the associated benefits.

You should prepare the following details:

• The location and description of your property
• The full name of each lessee
• What the start and end dates are for the tenancy
• Who will be paying for which utilities
• How much the rent will be and when payment is due

The Wisconsin Lease Agreement will also contain language about overdue payments, invited visitors, animals/pets, smoking and/or narcotics, and moving out before the lease ends. While making your rental contract, you'll also be able to include more specifics related to maintenance procedures, furnishings, and insurance requirements. Using the Rocket Lawyer document tool, you are able to add more modifications, as well.

The fees associated with finding and hiring your average attorney might be anywhere from a few hundred dollars per hour to thousands in total. If you have decided to prepare this free document with Rocket Lawyer, you can follow the directions that are given. If you'd like, you can always request that an On Call attorney review it prior to signing it.

Each Wisconsin Lease Agreement comes with its own checklist of directions for what you can do next. With a membership, you may edit it, make a copy, print it, add signatures online with RocketSign^®, and/or download it as a Word document or PDF file as necessary. Most importantly, you should make sure to send a final copy of the signed contract to the other party. You may also wish to browse more landlord-tenant documents in our library.

The law can change over time. If you've got any doubts or questions in connection to Wisconsin rental laws, you can always connect with a lawyer. Getting a lawyer to give feedback on your contract might take a lot of time if you do it alone. An alternate approach would be to request help from attorney services at Rocket Lawyer. Premium members can request advice from an attorney with experience in landlord-tenant matters or get answers to other legal questions. As a property owner, you can Work Confidently^® knowing that Rocket Lawyer is here by your side.

Wisconsin Lease Agreement Laws: Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 704.01 to 704.95; Wis. Admin. Code ATCP §§ 134.01 to 134.10

The response could depend on your specific needs; but, regardless of where you are, there are several items that you might want to keep in mind as you decide whether or not to invest in real estate. They may include: the breadth of tenants' rights, mandated disclosures, restrictions on security deposits, how challenging the eviction process is, and, finally, the amount of property taxes. This being said, Wisconsin is home to colleges and universities like the University of Wisconsin, Beloit College, and Lawrence University as well as popular attractions like the Harley-Davidson Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Devil's Lake State Park, so you shouldn't experience any lack of short- or long-term tenants if you're located nearby.