About the work

A closer look.

Send me one clause from a lease you actually hold, or a form you are about to sign. I read that one clause against the law that governs it and send back a short written read: the clause quoted, the statute it runs into quoted, and what it actually does to whoever is bound by it. If the clause holds, I say so. If the law caps it or voids it, I say that, and I name the section. On the Texas late-fee clause I read last, that meant quoting Property Code 92.019 and showing why "$___ per day" does not run forever: an initial fee and a daily fee count as one fee, capped at 12% of the rent (10% over four units). The blank was never the risk. What you get: one clause, one short written read, the statute named and quoted, one revision included, 48 hours from an agreed order. Reading, not legal advice. I read the words of the law and the words of the clause. Where the record cannot answer the question, I say so instead of inventing a citation. I focus on Texas residential leases, read the way the landlord side of the page reads.