{"id":12538,"date":"2023-05-30T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/girlinglaw.com\/?page_id=12538"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:43:12","slug":"apartment-community-evictions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/girlinglaw.com\/apartment-community-evictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartment Community Evictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Texas Apartment Communities have unique needs when it comes to evictions. Understanding this is part of what sets Girling Law apart from its competitors.<\/p>\n
Texas Apartment Communities have varying corporate and management structures. This means most larger Apartment Communities have billing needs that are different than that of independent rental owners and other single-owner or partnered organizations. Girling law features billing options designed specifically to accommodate these billing needs.<\/p>\n
When you work with Girling Law, your company will sign one client agreement for the year. This locks in our firm\u2019s prices for up to 12 months. And there are no restrictions. If you decide our firm is not a good fit for your team, nothing prevents you from terminating your agreement with us or simply hiring a different law firm.<\/p>\n
As the apartments you manage find they have a need for eviction representation, your staff will merely submit to our firm an instruction to start working on the eviction. There are no client agreements to sign. There are no retainer payments to acquire and mail off. Therefore, there are no delays because of administrative details. Girling Law will often start working on the eviction the same day your staff submits the eviction order. Girling Law even advances your filing fee costs. You will receive an electronic invoice when the case ends. Payment for that invoice is due 30 days after issuance. Our invoices are always payable online.<\/p>\n
No more paying a full fee because you hired an attorney only to discover your tenant moved out days later.<\/p>\n
Girling Law breaks its eviction service into the eviction\u2019s constituent parts and then charges you as work begins on each constituent part. Here is an example:<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say your client agreement with our firm included the following list of steps for a County Court eviction*:<\/p>\n
Step #<\/b><\/td>\n | Task Description<\/b><\/td>\n | Cost<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n1<\/b><\/td>\n | File setup fee<\/span><\/td>\n | $75.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2<\/b><\/td>\n | Background check \u2013 one for each Tenant named on the lease\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | $59.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3<\/b><\/td>\n | Gather documentary evidence and\/or photos evidencing misconduct. Identify trial witnesses. (charged on conduct evictions only)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | $270.00\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4<\/b><\/td>\n | Amend and file petition, certificate of last known address, affidavit of non-military service\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | $240.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5<\/b><\/td>\n | Attorney review of petition, certificate of last known address, and affidavit of nonmilitary service\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | $147.50\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 6<\/b><\/td>\n | Draft and file a Motion for Immediate Writ of Possession, Proposed Order, and Affidavit in Support\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n | $109.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | * The services and prices listed in this table may not be current.<\/p>\n Your Property Manager submits to the Girling Law team a new non-payment of rent eviction order for a unit with two tenants named on the lease. Six days later, she discovers the tenants have vacated the unit. She immediately sends her point of contact at Girling Law an email with an instruction to stop work on the case. At the time Girling Law received your Property Manager\u2019s \u201cstop work\u201d instruction, our Paralegal was in the middle of drafting the pleadings for the case (Step 4). Girling Law will then issue an invoice for $433.00.<\/p>\n This price includes the file setup fee, two background checks (one for each named tenant), and the work performed from the Paralegal starting to draft pleadings (step 4). There is no charge for step 3 because this is a non-payment of rent eviction not, a conduct eviction.<\/p>\n Compare this to the practice of an attorney who requires an up-front flat fee of $1,200.00 and then he keeps the entire payment.<\/p>\n Streamlined Eviction Orders with Your Customized Eviction Ordering Page<\/h2>\nGirling Law will not take a week to start your evictions. In nearly all instances, our firm will start work on your eviction the same day.<\/p>\n Our billing and client agreement process are only two of the three reasons we can do this. The third reason is that Girling Law will provide your Apartment Communities with the resources needed to enable Girling Law\u2019s team to quickly start work on your eviction orders.<\/p>\n For every one of your Apartment Communities, Girling Law will provide a unique landing page on Girling Law\u2019s website. After Girling Law builds this landing page, a Girling Law team member will provide the URL to each of your Apartment Community staff members and complete a very brief orientation call. These calls are brief because the page is VERY simple. The page has only three tabs:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your employees will select the \u201cEviction Order\u201d tab. From there, they are taken to a screen where they can do the following:<\/p>\n
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