I got them all the time in the SF Bay Area, just because there are lots of legal clinics there.  

For those in Illinois, btw I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, I found this from a reputable source online, which explains what I saw happening in court as I described above:The determination as to what constitutes a reasonable attorney fee award is within the discretion of the trial court.  

Most folks do not get a court order eviction ,there is no paper trial .I tell all new renters I must talk to last land lord or no deal.I have had one try to cheat using a relative  as a land lord ,my back ground person  caught it .

For the "appeal" (de novo means roughly "new trial" so the judge ignores the first trial) they could hire a lawyer to make sure they do not lose.

My second tenant left after a brief while, and it took a few months of trial & error to get the now 2 vacant units occupied.

It's a lot of trial and error and a lot of learning your tenant base. 

You want to know how much they charge per hour, You ask how long it would take to litigate and what the projected cost would be to go to trial.

Give a trial period. 

You might also try a google search for "REO, yourtown," or sign up for a free week trial membership at one of those internet forclosure sites.

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