Flat fees for landlords, by video statewide
Small landlords and property managers anywhere in the state meet us by video. The fee covers the notice, the filing, a lawyer at the first hearing and every call until the court rules.
Fees
Each fee is the lawyer’s whole charge for the work it names, however many calls it takes. What the court charges is separate, and we tell you what it usually runs in your county.
One lease written for how you actually rent, with a house-rules page your tenants can read in five minutes.
Nonpayment, a lease that has ended, or a broken lease term, from the notice to the court’s ruling.
The itemized letter that keeps part of a deposit, written from your photos and receipts in time for the deadline.
Fees are per matter and written into your engagement letter. Court costs, bailiff and service fees are billed by the court and paid by you.
What we handle
We only represent landlords and the people who manage their buildings, from a single rented house to a few hundred units.
Nonpayment, holdovers and lease violations, filed so the case isn’t thrown out on a notice problem.
Read about evictionsOne lease that fits your units, with rules on pets, parking, utilities and late fees a court will enforce.
Read about leasesThe move-out letter done on time, and a lawyer beside you if a former tenant takes it to small claims.
Read about depositsScreening rules, listings and answers to assistance-animal and accommodation requests that hold up.
Read about fair housingWhy a lawyer
Plenty of owners file their own evictions, and some do it well. These are the places a case most often comes apart.
| On your own | With us, flat fee | |
|---|---|---|
| The notice | On your ownA notice with the wrong date can mean starting over | With us, flat feeRead before it’s served, so the dates and wording hold up |
| The paperwork | On your ownCourt forms filled in after hours, with no one to check them | With us, flat feeComplaint, lease and ledger filed together, in order |
| If the tenant answers | On your ownA first hearing turns into a trial you weren’t ready for | With us, flat feeWe tell you the trial fee in writing before you decide |
| What it costs | On your ownThe court’s fees, plus your time off work for each date | With us, flat feeOne flat fee, plus what the court charges |
| A fair housing question | On your ownFound out about when a complaint arrives | With us, flat feeAnswered before you reply to the tenant |
Your lawyers
You’ll meet one of us on the first call, and that lawyer keeps your file to the end.
Founding partner
Evictions and contested hearings.
Partner
Leases and fair housing reviews.
Associate
Deposits and small-claims hearings.
Questions
No. Every meeting is by video, and documents are signed online. Where a court lets a lawyer appear by video, we do; where it wants someone in the room, we tell you the travel cost, if any, before you sign.
Then you choose whether to take the money and dismiss the case. The fee doesn’t change either way, because the work up to that point is the same.
An eviction is priced per tenant household, however many people are on the lease. A lease is priced once and then used for every unit you own.
The court can order the tenant to pay back rent along with the eviction, and we ask it to. Collecting it afterward, through wage or bank garnishment, is separate work we quote on its own.
No. We only act for owners and managers, so we never have to weigh one side against the other.
A first video call is twenty minutes. You’ll leave it with the fee in writing and the next date to watch for.