Steven M Ayr

Steve is amazing!
I received a 7-​day Notice to Quit for having a roommate that wasn’t on the lease living with me and didn’t know what to do. My roommate had already intended to leave before I received notice that I was in violation of the lease. I had tried to explain the situation to my leasing company but the paralegal I spoke to was mean and rude and pretty much told me, «We don’t trust you. You need to leave. You need to get out or we will evict you.» The paralegal then proceeded to tell me that I should voluntarily end my lease so they don’t pursue me and then pay the termination fee.
I researched tenant laws for Massachusetts but still felt uneasy about the situation. I emailed Steve about my situation and he responded very quickly, very thoroughly, and answered all my questions.
If you need legal help, contact this guy!

My problems with a terrible landlord had remained unresolved for nearly 3 years until I finally decided to look for professional help, and I had a great head start in my search for the right lawyer through the word of mouth since multiple people I knew and trust had nothing but positive things to say about Mr. Ayr. It turns out, not only I found the right lawyer: I found the perfect lawyer!
You might be asking: «Why do you say that?». Because not only he is extremely effective, time efficient and organized — which will save you a ton of money — but also is very down to earth, realistic and has something else I’ve never seen in any lawyer: the cool factor. When I say cool, I mean the invaluable ability to remain calm, centered, so balanced in every situation that it’s almost Zen.
Remember all the bad things we all grew up listening about lawyers? You will soon realize that Mr. Ayr is the perfect antagonist of all that, and I’m not just saying that, I will elaborate and give you my personal experience as an example:
My landlord years of serious violations and illegal acts were so bad that, if we decided to bring the full case to court, he could easily go bankrupt and the house would go up to foreclosure, and bear in mind, I had the Boston Housing Court and Boston Housing Inspection Services with me in this case. Needless to say, had we gone ahead and sue it, serious compensation would come my way and my lawyers. Yet, when I decided to «let go» and give the landlord a chance to settle for the security deposit legally owned to me plus my financial damages along the way, Mr. Ayr fully supported me and quickly started and finished all the documentation and negotiations with the landlord, who completely changed from the very aggressive tone to a fast paced resolution. I was in awe.
I would give Mr Ayr a 6 star review if it was possible.

As a landlord/​owner there will be a time when you will «need» a lawyers assistance when dealing with a tenant. In Massachusetts, us landlords/​owners get dealt a tough hand, so it only right we use all resources available to us. The only regret when it came to working with Mr. Ayr, is that I didn’t start soon enough!
Evicting a tenant is a tenuous, stressful, and burdensome process, and Steve did a lot to relieve my worries. Its good to have someone working with you who has been through these processes before, and can give you possible outcome scenarios when it comes to trial. He also is very much tech-​savy as we scanned and photo’d images of documents as to reduce the amount of snail mail and meetings needed in order to move our case along. I approached several different lawyers when it came to my case, and none of them felt like they had the knowledge when it came to eviction protocol. Don’t even get me started with the rates.
These other lawyers who I felt less formidable talked more numbers with me than actual case. Their rates were extremely high, which would’ve given me even more stress if the process became lengthy. Another great thing about Steve is his flat rates. For each part of the case, he gave me a flat rate which was reasonable.
I can’t stress enough to landlord/​owners how important it is to have a good lawyer. Steve is first rate all the way, and I wouldn’t recommend anyone else!

Steve did a small case for me, tenant landlord thing. What was nice is that he is extremely organized and everything is available to you online, which minimizes hourly charges as you don’t need to email /​call him to ask for a certain document. Prices are reasonable… I would recommend him without hesitation!