Real estate transactions are often complex and full of innumerable details.  There are many, many potential problems that can arise out of buying, selling, or owning a home: breach of contract claims and earnest money disputes, misrepresentation claims based on a failure to disclose defects, and disputes with neighbors over boundaries, to name a few.

       If you plan on buying or selling your home by yourself, we can assist you with this complicated legal transaction involving what may be your most valuable asset. Furthermore, we can help you structure a transaction so that you minimize or avoid disputes in the future, such as conflicts that may arise out of joint ownership of property. We can also help you with foreclosure issues and short sale scenarios.

       Iwama Harper PLLC can represent the full range of disputes that may arise in the real estate context in litigation, arbitration and mediation.   Our attorneys are highly-skilled litigators with good experience in trial, arbitration and mediation.

 Construction and Land Development

Serving the construction community (including contractors, subcontractors, owners, architects and engineers) in Tacoma, Kent, Des Moines, Renton, Puyallup, Federal Way, Seattle and many other regions of Washington and California, Iwama Harper PLLC has extensive construction field experience.

Applying this expertise, the firm handles cases involving non-payment, additional services, default terminations, design defects, differing conditions, changes, delays, suspensions of work, acceleration, labor inefficiency, bid mistakes and protests.

Landlord Tenant

Iwama Harper PLLC represents landlords and tenants throughout the Puget Sound area in legal actions involving:

• Lease preparation for apartments and commercial property such as office buildings
• Lease review and negotiation
• Failure to pay rent
• Evictions
• Disputes between landlords and tenants
• Maintenance issues and complaints
• Rental property sales
• Rental property purchases
• Representation before local agencies for residential zoning changes
• Return of security deposits

       A lease agreement in Washington typically contains many pages of fine print. To protect your interests as a tenant, whether residential or commercial, you should never sign a lease without having a lawyer review and explain the documents. Every line and box you initial is there for a reason. You may end up waiving important rights or committing yourself to paying rent even if you need to move out of the area for employment reasons.

The services that Iwama Harper PLLC provides include: 

• Participating and engaging in mediations and arbitrations,
• Consultations
• Drafting and reviewing contract documents
• Land use issues
• Zoning and permits
• Development entitlements, development related documents
• Construction documents and contract
• Condominium conversions
• Preparing draft project correspondence
• Performing schedule and claim analyses
• Preparing actual claim submissions
• Litigation at both the trial and appellate levels
• Firm lawyers also perform client seminars
• Engaging in Civil Litigation

The firm represents private owners, construction managers, general contractors, engineers, architects, manufacturers and financial institutions.