As a landlord, you are responsible for your tenant’s safety when they are on your rental premises. In Nashville, you have a legal obligation to carry out some responsibilities to ensure that your tenants can live in a habitable home. Failure to fulfill these responsibilities may cause your tenants or their guests to get injured, creating a possibility of tenants suing you for negligence.
To protect yourself from such liabilities, you need to ensure that you correctly follow the Tennessee landlord-tenant obligations, especially first-time investors who are often unaware of their responsibilities. Here is a list of some liability issues that Nashville landlords need to look for –
