The purpose of a rental contract is to be explicit about what you and your customer are agreeing to. Unlike one long essay of plain text, a formatted contract will make it much easier for your customer to understand what they can expect and what is expected of them.
Within RW Elephant, you can stylize your Terms & Conditions with headings, bold text, italicized text, bulleted lists, numbered lists, indents, alignments, underlined text, and hyperlinks.
Perhaps you’d like to bold, italicize, or underline policies you want to bring your customers’ attention to. We definitely recommend that you consult with your attorney before making changes like this—RW cannot give legal advice! (See how I emphasized that?)
Remember that the goal of a well-written agreement is actually to get your customers to READ it. These aren’t just arbitrary or random words you’ve chosen—they are your real policies that you want your customer to know about. Use text styling to lead them through what’s most important of them to attend to.
Contracts are often negotiated, and that’s fine! Having structures like numbered lists can help your customer reference particular sections of your terms that they have a question about.
Your contract shouldn’t feel like a place of contention between you and your customer. The foundation of a solid rental contract is writing your policies with intention. Knowing the reasons behind your policies will help you feel more confident in sticking to them or when you’re willing to give a little.
If you ever decide to amend your contract for a particular customer, check out Your Legal BFF’s resource on amendments. You can include that amendment as an attachment to your Invoice PDF within RW Elephant.
If you’re writing up a new rental contract or revamping the one you have, Your Legal BFF’s rental contract template will be a huge help!
Check out more info on RW’s Terms & Conditions feature.
