I provide assistance with the following legal problems:
- Foreclosure defense for homeowners;
- Post-foreclosure eviction assistance for former homeowners and tenants;
- Interpreting and amending landlord/tenant agreements and leases;
- Residential landlord/tenant disputes, including evictions, repair requests, lockouts, utility shut offs, security deposit reimbursements, and ending tenancy due to military service or domestic abuse;
- Understanding the home-buying process;
- Negotiating real estate contracts, including purchases, leases, easements, rights-of-way, and mineral interests;
- Disputes regarding executory contracts, including contracts for deed and leases with the option to buy;
- Property tax disputes regarding title, assessment, appraisal, and exemptions/deferrals (limited assistance in Harris County, full assistance in all other counties);
- Contractor disputes (assistance for contractors and homeowners);
- Homeowner association disputes;
- Adverse possession claims;
- Title disputes, including disputes regarding fraudulent liens, creditor liens against homesteads, and partitioning property; and
- Title research and title clearing.
Typical Prices (Prices May Vary)
- Deed = $400.00; $250.00 per deed with other services
- Correction Instrument = $700.00
- QWR/NOE/RFI with follow up = $600.00 for drafting and $1,000.00 retainer for communication at $300.00/hr
- Affidavit of Identity, Affidavit of Marital Status, similar short documents = each $300.00; $150.00 if combined with other services
- Demand Letter = $1,000.00
- Representation in Justice of the Peace Court = $200.00/hr with $800.00 retainer plus $300.00 expense deposit
- Representation in County Court At Law= $300.00/hr with $3,000.00 retainer plus $1,000.00 expense deposit; total expenses may exceed $1,000.00
- Representation in State District Court = $300.00/hr with $5,000.00 retainer plus $1,000.00 expense deposit; total expenses may exceed $1,000.00
- Representation in Federal District Court = $300.00/hr with $10,000.00 retainer plus $2,000.00 expense deposit; total expenses may exceed $2,000.00