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interested because there was not muchopportunity for them to make any money.I wrote a letter and sent it to six lawyers.It described the situation but then stated, “I willcome into your office and give you $250 cash, noreceipt required. You will spend one half an hourwith me and answer my questions in regards tothe law pertaining to this case. All six lawyersresponded. I selected one and made anappointment. He asked me if I wanted to get anymoney for damages or if I just wanted the lawsuitto go away. I said I just wanted it to go away. Hetold me that for the $250 he would draft theresponse and send it on his stationery. He wouldattempt to scare off the other lawyer. He made itclear that if the scare tactic didn’t work, hewould not represent me in court. This was a oneshotdeal. His response stated that because it wasa live-work lease, commercial rent laws applied.He countersued for $108,000 for rent due for theduration of the lease and sued for $2,500,000 indamages.I sure got my $250 worth. Dannywithdrew the lawsuit and I never heard from himagain. I wish I could have seen the look on hislawyer's face when he got that response.This was my second bad experience withrenters. I decided to sell the co-op instead of358