Controlling Your Legacy

« Back to Home

Important Services Attorneys Can Provide to Townhome Owners

Posted on

If you own a townhome that is rented out to tenants on a regular basis, there will be legal aspects involved that you need to properly manage. An association attorney can assist with these services, in particular, saving you time and stress.

Help Create Tenant Contracts

Before you have people live in your townhome, it's important that you set up some rules first. These rules need to be put in a contract too so that you have some legal protection if the rules are ignored or broken intentionally.

You'll have an easier time creating these contracts when you let an association attorney manage this aspect. They can help you put together terms that are relevant to townhomes you're renting out, as well as make sure your terms are legal. Then you can avoid trouble and give tenants concrete terms to honor for as long as they live in your properties.

Resolve Tenant Disputes

You may eventually have tenants that get angry with an aspect of your townhome or the way you manage it. If these disputes seem to be going in a negative direction, it can help to quickly hire an association attorney. They can keep things from escalating and find solutions that work out for all parties.

They know all about townhome rules and regulations, so they can help see if tenants have grounds for their complaints. If they do, then the association attorney can help you fix what's wrong. It could be how much you're charging or how often you perform maintenance in and around the townhomes.

Provide Advice on Tenant Eviction

If you come to a stressful point with a tenant to where you no longer want them living in these properties, then you have to go through an eviction process. Before you do, it's nice to have some advice on this matter.

An association lawyer can take you through this eviction process before you go through with it, showing you what actions are necessary like sending out letters to tenants before escalating matters. Even if things don't work out, an association lawyer will ensure you do everything you're supposed to do to get a tenant out without breaking any sort of law. 

Owning townhomes and renting them out can bring up a couple of legal issues over the years. If you hire an association lawyer to help you tackle them all, you'll have less to worry about. 


Share