Anyone who has worked with Will knows he is passionate about what he does. This is quite evident in this recent interview on Atlanta...

The CDC has reversed course and extended its eviction moratorium for most of the country through October 3.

The CDC allowed its eviction moratorium to expire on July 31. The CDC's authority faced increasing legal challenges.

The CDC Eviction Moratorium is now set to continue until June 30. This is the third extension of the CDC's moratorium, which began...

The federal government issued broad residential eviction protection on September 4 by way of a Center for Disease Control (CDC) Order....

Signing a lease is hard work – don’t let it go to waste! Create a written lease amendment to document any changes in rental amounts.

By Will Downs will@downslawllc.com Posted October 7, 2019 Let’s face it, the terminology lawyers use is often confusing, and sometimes,...

When it comes to negotiating a commercial lease, excitement can sometimes get the better of us. A commercial lease is a big commitment, last

DeKalb County is one of the metro-Atlanta counties now offering electronic case filing for dispossessory (eviction) lawsuits.

Any experienced landlord has had a problem tenant. Rent habitually late…. After eviction, how do I collect past due rent?

An out-of-possession landlord is a landlord who has “fully parted with possession and the right of possession.”[1]  Generally,...

It’s one of the most common questions we get: If the tenant has moved out, can the landlord do what it wants with any remaining personal pro

A lease agreement contains numerous landlord remedies for tenant defaults.

It is hard to believe, but the Georgia Constitution provides for the right of trial by jury in dispossessory actions