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Sharing and reviewing a lease

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How do I copy or renew an existing lease?

Copy a lease

If you created your lease using the Zillow lease builder, you can create a copy of your lease draft or completed lease. This option is not available for uploaded leases or leases created offline.

  1. Log into Zillow Rental Manager.
  2. Select your listing
  3. Click on the Leases tab. 
  4. Click View all leases.
  5. If you want to copy a lease draft, click the (…) next to the primary action button, and a drop-down menu will appear.  
    1. A blue duplicate button will appear as a primary action if the lease has already expired or canceled.
  6. Click Duplicate, and a copy of the lease draft will appear.

Renew a lease

To renew your lease, the lease: 

  • Must be a Zillow lease
  • Must be currently active or expired
  • Must have a fixed end date
  • Can not have an existing lease renewal agreement
  • Must be in one of these states (AK,AL,AZ,CA,CO,DE,FL,IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,KY,MA,MN,MO,MS,NC,NE,NH,NM,OH,OK,PA,RI,SC,TN,TX,UT,WI,WV,WY)

You can create a lease renewal agreement if your lease satisfies all the requirements.

  1. Log into Zillow Rental Manager.
  2. Select your listing
  3. Click on the Leases tab 
  4. Click View all leases
    1. If you want to create a new lease renewal, click Manage expiring lease or Manage expired lease.
  5. Click Get started on the bottom right of the modal

  1. When prompted “What are the plans with your current tenants?” > Select All are staying > Click Continue
    1. If you want to change your tenants and/or co-landlord, you must create a new lease.

  1. Select Update it from the question “What do you want to do with your lease?” > Click Continue

  1. Click Create lease renewal

 

You can also copy a signed lease to renew a lease by following the duplicating instructions above. 

You cannot edit the address to which the lease is attached or move the lease to a different property in your Zillow Rental Manager.

For more resources and information about renewing a lease, visit this informational page.


How do I download a copy of this lease?

The draft lease is always available for you to download in your Zillow Rental Manager.

  1. Navigate to the Leases tab.
  2. Select the (...) button to Download/share draft. 

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Once the lease has been ratified, you will be able to download a copy of the signed PDF from your Zillow Rental Manager. Simply navigate to the Leases tab, and then View all leases. On this screen, select Download signed PDF next to the lease you wish to download.

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Once I’ve sent my tenant the lease, can I see if they’ve signed?

Once I’ve sent my tenant the lease, can I see if they’ve signed?

Yes! To do so, click into the Leases tab of your Zillow Rental Manager listing then select View all leases. This will show you whether your tenants have completed the signing process of their lease. You will also receive an email notification once the tenant signs the lease.

 

Once I’ve filled out the lease questionnaire, how do I send the lease to my tenant(s) to review?

Once you’ve answered all the questions to create the lease, you will be prompted to view the finished lease. From this page, you can request signatures using the Request signatures button in the bottom right-hand corner of the lease. You can then choose to send the lease for e-signing or print the lease to sign offline. If you choose the e-Signing option, we will send an email to each tenant with a link to review and sign the lease. Please enter a unique email for each tenant. 

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How can my tenants access their lease agreement once I’ve shared it with them?

When you share the lease for signing, we send an email to your tenants with a link to sign the lease. If your renters have trouble finding the email, and the email was spelled correctly, they should check their spam and junk folders. Sometimes these emails are caught in spam filters.

Your tenant can also access their lease from their Leases Hub here.

They should log into Zillow with the same email that you entered when setting up the lease. 


What if my tenants have additional questions about their obligations under the lease?

You can review our explainer leases, which provide a summary of the major provisions of the lease. Within Zillow Rental Manager, you can see an explainer lease tailored to your specific region. You can access it by logging in to your Zillow Rental Manager. Select the Leases tab, then select Get started under the Leases section. If you have an active lease select 'Create a lease' under the lease section. Under Leases, you can view the explainer lease on the right-hand side by selecting 'See a sample lease'.

The Zillow lease builder is currently available for all Zillow Rental Manager users with a property in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. If you have a property outside of one of these areas and would like to be notified when leases are available in your state, sign up for notifications here.

For listings where the lease builder is available, you can review our explainer leases from the Leases section of your listing in Zillow Rental Manager. This provides a summary of the major provisions of the lease. 

 

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