Charging admin time for court hearings?

[Nick Faselt]

Hello everyone,

As a property manager, we file/post 3-day notices that sometime lead to a court hearing on behalf of my clients.  We currently attend court as part of our fee, but it does take a lot of our administrative time. I want to know if this is a common issue among property management companies. Have any of you experienced this with your managers or in your agreements to charge or bill for admin time? 

How did you handle it?

Or is there any other task that are outside of duties of a manager that would warrant billing for admin time?

I appreciate any feedback you can provide. Thank you!