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much of which can be downloaded (or at least read) for free. Their books on landlord/tenant law are worth buying... might try Amazon, or eBay to maybe find used. They might have them at the local library, too.
The poster that said you should consult an attorney gave you good advice. Although bad landlords get away with a heck of a lot these days, bad tenants have even more rights. I manage the apartment complex where I live for reduced rent, and have learned a LOT from our most recent eviction. Keep records, receipts, send letters by Registered Mail, etc. Our tenant wouldn't leave until just hours before the police were due to show up to escort him out physically. He left a ton of stuff in there. As I recall, I think he had a month to collect his belongings, but could only do so by making an appointment with me to release them from our storage area. He never came back, and finally sent a letter to the landlords stating he didn't want any of his other stuff. We had most of it hauled to the dump, the smaller stuff we just threw in our dumpster.
Just be careful to get legal advice, and do everything by the book. My landlords were worried to death that they'd make one tiny, fatal little mistake in the eviction process that might end up costing them the entire complex. I pooh-poohed that idea, but they said it can, and does, happen every day. A friend of mine who is an attorney said that was true.
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