Residential leases

A free residential lease for California, New York, or Texas.

Answer the questions for the home, download the PDF, and collect the landlord and tenant signatures here. There is no fee.

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An account of your own

Register with your name and email. Use a password, or continue with Google. A password account needs a verification link before the first sign-in.

A guided path

Property, people, rent, house rules, and disclosures. Each step uses plain language and keeps the answers on your account.

A lease you can sign

Each state uses its own lease. Download the PDF, or collect the landlord and tenant signatures in the app.

For landlords and tenants

Warm on the surface. Careful with the terms.

MyFutureNest is built for an ordinary home: a house, a duplex, an apartment, or a condominium, rented for at least thirty days. Short stays, subsidies, and mobile-home parks stop before a PDF is made.

Choose California, New York, or Texas when you start. More states are not available yet. A preference cannot switch off a required notice.

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How it works

Four quiet steps

Create your accountUse your email and a password, or continue with Google. A password account opens the verification link first.
Describe the tenancyChoose the state, then the address, the people, the rent, and the rules of the house.
Review what the rules requireMissing facts and conflicting terms are flagged before you send the lease.
Download or send for signatureThe landlord and each tenant sign in the app. The lease is marked signed when every person has signed.

By state

Lease agreements for California, New York, and Texas

California residential lease

Rent, the deposit, and statewide rent rules for a California home. Cities with their own rent ordinance are not included.

Prepare a California lease

New York residential lease

A statewide lease for a home outside New York City, with the late-fee limit and the flood and sprinkler questions.

Prepare a New York lease

Texas residential lease

A Texas lease that asks the floodplain questions, then downloads as a PDF the landlord and tenant can sign.

Prepare a Texas lease

Questions

Before you start a lease

Is the residential lease agreement free?

Yes. Preparing the lease, downloading the PDF, and collecting signatures in the app have no fee.

Which states can I use?

California, New York, and Texas. Each lease uses that state's own questions. More states are not available yet.

Can the landlord and tenant sign online?

Yes. The landlord and each tenant sign in the app. The lease is marked signed when every one of them has signed.

Is MyFutureNest a law firm?

No. It is not a law firm and it is not legal advice. You do not need an attorney to create or sign a lease here. You are responsible for the facts you enter.