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What to do about landlord fraud?
I bought a gas station with triple 5 years lease. After running for 14 months, landlord evicted me even though I was making payment on time. He made a fake lease paper with my fake signature and told me I only had 1 year of lease. What should I do now? I want to hire a attorney but I don’t have money to hire one?
Asked on September 25, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Florida
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you believe that you have been defrauded concerning your lease with your former landlord and do not have the money to hire an attorney on an hourly fee basis, perhaps you can contact some landlord tenant attorneys to see if one would represent you on a contingency fee basis. Meaning, the attorney would not charge you an hourly fee, but would rather get a percentage of any return based upon settlement or a judgment.
If the written agreement that you contend has your signature forged upon it has an attorney's fee clause where in the event of a legal dispute between the parties the prevailing party would be entitled to their reasonable attorneys fees, an attorney might be even more willing to represent you on a contingency fee basis.
You shoul contact your local county bar association for a referral to several attorneys practicing commercial landlord tenant law.
Good luck.
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