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Experts say avoiding litigation is always the way to go when there is some type of dispute with a tenant. Still, paying a lawyer to talk about your options on the sly can be well worth the money, says Cedric Vanhaver, of the California- based GlobalFluency/Neale-May & Partners.
The company’s survey ranks landlord/tenant disputes seventh out of the 15 top reasons to hire a lawyer. Each state has its own rules to govern such agreements, Vanhaver says, and the party that violates these rules can face swift justice.
The theory makes good sense—the more the real estate manager knows about what he or she can do legally going into a dispute can become quite an advantage. After all, knowledge is power.
The company ranks the purchase/sale of a property or refinancing of a mortgage at a property as the top two reasons to hire and attorney.
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