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Caught myself hand-waving a vendor contract, a supplier's email set me straight
I know this is basic and I'm embarrassed, but the wake-up call stuck. About three years back I signed a lease for my second location in Austin without a lawyer. Landlord said it was a standard template and I believed him. Last spring the roof started leaking and he refused to fix it because my lease said I accepted the space 'as is.' I spent $2,100 on repairs out of pocket. That was the moment I realized I'd been treating every contract like a handshake, just signing whatever landed in front of me. Now I pay a local attorney $150 an hour to review anything over $500, and it already saved me on a delivery van lease with a hidden mileage fee. What was your tipping point for getting real about legal documents?
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ninal911mo ago
Wait, you actually pay a lawyer now? That's wild, that leak story changed my mind for sure.
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