Lease Agreements and Rental Contracts

Ideal when you already have a proposed lease for a house, small commercial space, or simple office/retail unit and want a focused legal review—not a full renegotiation. We read the lease, flag risk points (rent, fees, repairs, default remedies, renewal, personal guaranties, early-termination clauses), answer your specific questions, and suggest practical edits you can send back through your agent or directly to the other side. Negotiation, follow-up legal advice, and subsequent legal services may increaes fees beyond the intitial review and feedback.

Designed for more sophisticated leases—multi-tenant commercial, complex NNN or ground leases, build-out or TI-intensive arrangements, unusual rent structures, or heavily negotiated addenda. We dig into operating-expense language (CAM, taxes, insurance), use and exclusivity clauses, co-tenancy protections, assignment/sublease rights, guaranties, default and remedy provisions, and option/renewal rights. You get a detailed set of comments and negotiation priorities so you know which hills are worth dying on.

When you want your own custom lease instead of a generic template, we draft a lease tailored to your property, policies, and risk tolerance—covering rent and deposits, maintenance and repairs, pets, use restrictions, entry rules, renewals, fees, and default remedies, all tuned to Oklahoma law. This is ideal for small landlords, single-location businesses, and investors building a repeatable lease form for their rentals or small commercial spaces. Extensive or unique customization may increase cost.

For more significant office, retail, or industrial spaces, we draft or overhaul the commercial lease and then help you negotiate key business and risk terms: rent structure (including NNN/CAM), build-out and TI allowances, operating expenses and caps, exclusivity and use, assignment and subleasing, options and expansions, and default/termination rights. Pricing reflects a typical single-location lease; multi-location rollouts or high-stakes anchor leases may be higher.

Rent-to-own and lease-purchase agreements can be powerful tools—but they’re easy to get wrong and can be treated like disguised mortgages if not structured carefully. We help you choose the right framework (true lease + option, lease-purchase, or contract-for-deed), analyze existing loans and due-on-sale issues, and prepare the lease, option, and purchase documents so credits, repairs, default scenarios, and exit options are clearly defined and enforceable under Oklahoma law.

For short-term rentals (Airbnb/VRBO), room-by-room rentals, house-hacker arrangements, or unique occupancy setups, we draft customized agreements that define guest vs. tenant status, house rules, damages, cancellations, and local-law considerations. This is also a good fit for roommate agreements, owner-occupied rentals, and other hybrid arrangements where a standard residential lease doesn’t fit well.

/ hour When a lease situation shifts from “document work” into active dispute—nonpayment with defenses, alleged lease violations, wrongful eviction claims, major repair/habitability issues, commercial default, or buyout negotiations tied to threatened litigation—we move to hourly billing under our landlord-tenant and real estate litigation structure. We can provide phase-based estimates (demand, negotiation, filings, hearings, trial) and coordinate with any related eviction, foreclosure, or title work.