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Can I file a lien for services rendered to an apartment complex?

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We're apartment locators, where properties agree to pay us typically one months rent for every successful client that we bring them to lease at their property. Lately, we've had properties that will ignore our invoices, some to the tune of ~$50K total outstanding. We have some properties with signed vendor agreements stating they agree to pay with net60 terms, but still we're struggling to find any way of enforcing these terms. Can we file a lien against a property for past due invoices?

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Mar 2, 2020
Mechanics lien rights are generally only available to those who provide a permanent improvement to real property - like construction work. And, other service or mere maintenance which doesn't have a permanent effect on the real estate will generally not give rise to mechanics lien rights even if the property owner does owe payment for the services or maintenance provided. Of course, there are always other recovery tools which could be useful in forcing payment - like sending payment demand letters, pursuing legal claims, or even sending the debt to collections.
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