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The guidebooks of the DMB publishing house

All guides and brochures are available in our offices. 
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Tenant encyclopaedia 2024/2025 - Your comprehensive guide for tenants and landlords

The new edition of the tenant encyclopaedia offers you everything you need to know about tenancy law - right up to date! With precise answers to all relevant questions and detailed consideration of the latest legal changes, including the new heating law. Whether operating costs, rent deposit or protection against dismissal - the experts from the German Tenants' Association answer the most important legal questions clearly and comprehensibly. In addition, more than 4000 references to court decisions provide valuable support for tenants, landlords and experts.

ISBN 978-3-944608-22-8 (Price: 16 €)

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The tenant handbook

The flat has defects, the utility bill is incorrect, the rent increase is unjustified? What can and may the tenant do? Answers to these and many other questions are provided in this book, which Ulrich Ropertz, Managing Director and Press Spokesman of the German Tenants' Association until February 2020, has produced together with the consumer advice centre. 

ISBN 978-3-86336-154-9 (price: 18 €)

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Commentary on operating and heating costs, 5th edition

The law on operating costs is a frequent point of dispute between tenants and landlords and is an important focus in the consultation and litigation statistics of the German Tenants' Association. More than one in three disputes concerns this topic. This comprehensive work of almost 1,300 pages is aimed at experts in the field, such as tenants‘ and landlords’ representatives, administrators, lawyers and judges, but also at laypersons who wish to familiarise themselves with the subject. Numerous detailed questions, which often remain unanswered, are dealt with precisely here.

ISBN 978-3-944608-16-7 (Price: 89 €)

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Guide to shared flats – rights and obligations in a shared flat

Shared flats are in vogue: you can save a lot of money, don't live alone and can help each other in everyday life. This brochure contains numerous tips and advice on living together in a shared flat and provides answers to the most common questions on the subject: Setting up a shared flat - who signs the tenancy agreement? Who should be the landlord's contact person? What do you need to know about rent deposits, utility bills and cosmetic repairs? and much more.

ISBN 978-3-406-76593-3 (Price: 6.90 €) 

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