For owners, investors, and developers in the Wasatch Back
Flat fee legal services.
You’ll know how much you’re spending before you engage.
14 flat fees · $1,000 to $10,000Sound familiar?
- The handshake
We’ve probably got access.
- The online template
The template is probably fine.
- Title insurance
Title insurance probably covers it.
The most expensive word in a land deal is “probably.”
If the right to cross was never put on record, the fix can be a lawsuit.
Get the answer in writing. Know the fee first.
Three practice areas. Every fee published.
Land Development
Zoning, entitlements, impact fees, and plats — before the first submittal.
6 services$1,000 to $10,000
Real Estate
Title, deeds, contracts, easements, and clouds on title.
5 services$1,000 to $2,500
Real Estate Finance
Due-on-sale exposure, seller financing, and loan review.
3 services$2,500 to $3,000
Three steps.
Tell us what you have.
A piece of land, a contract, or a loan.
Get the fee in writing.
Before any work starts.
Get the written answer.
A written report.
An example
Easement & Access Opinion$1,500
- Is there legal access?
- Will title insurance cover it?
- What does it allow?
You can find out before you close, while you can still walk away.
“He quotes the fee, he does the work, and the number never changes. Best real estate counsel I have worked with.”
Tyler Dow
Attorney · the Wasatch Back
- Bar admission
- Utah #9633, 2002 (active) · Florida #664553, 2004 (inactive)
- In practice
- 26 years
- About
- Tyler Dow has practiced real estate law since 2000, as outside counsel and as general counsel to developers. He holds a JD from the University of Tulsa College of Law and an LL.M. in Real Property Development and Finance from the University of Miami School of Law. His work has covered zoning and entitlements for national homebuilders, ground-up commercial and hotel development and financing, title review, leasing, distressed-asset workouts, and municipal and water-rights matters.
The fee is the fee.
One price per service, in writing, before any work starts. If a matter does not fit a fixed fee, we say so up front.
Land Development
Land Use & Zoning Review$5,000
For $5,000Parcel-level comparison of general plan designation against current zoning, across the county and each component municipality. Output: the upzoning delta for a given parcel, with entitlement path and likely timeline.
Upzoning Opportunity Portfolio Scan$10,000
For $10,000The same analysis run across an owner's entire holdings or a target submarket. A ranked list of parcels by value-creation potential.
Entitlement Risk Memo$2,500
For $2,500For a parcel under contract: required approvals, discretionary versus ministerial, political exposure, and a realistic timeline. Written for a lender or investment committee.
Moratorium & Ordinance Change Watchper jurisdiction, ongoing$1,000
For $1,000Monitoring of pending ordinance amendments, moratoria, and impact fee changes in your target jurisdictions.
Impact Fee & Exaction Audit$2,500
For $2,500Review of the fees imposed against a project for legal defensibility under nexus and proportionality standards.
Subdivision / Plat Compliance Review$1,500
For $1,500Pre-submittal review of a plat package against the applicable code, so the first submittal is not the practice round.
Real Estate
Title Theft / Fraudulent Conveyance Screen$2,500
For $2,500Review of the record chain for the signatures of deed fraud: forged or suspicious conveyances, straw grantees, notary irregularities, quitclaims out of vulnerable or deceased owners, address changes preceding a transfer. Includes a remediation path if something is found.
Entity + Deed Package for Investorsper acquisition$1,000
For $1,000LLC formation, operating agreement, and deed transfer, plus a memo on due-on-sale exposure and title insurance implications.
Purchase and Sale Agreement Review & Redline$1,500
For $1,500Buyer- or seller-side review with a prioritized issues memo, not just a marked-up document.
Easement & Access Opinion$1,500
For $1,500Is there legal access, is it insurable, and what does it permit.
CC&R and Restrictive Covenant Review$1,000
For $1,000What the recorded restrictions actually prohibit on an intended use.
Real Estate Finance
Due-On-Sale Exposure & Transfer Structuring Opinion$3,000
For $3,000For subject-to acquisitions, entity transfers, and estate planning moves: what triggers the clause, what the Garn-St Germain exceptions actually cover, realistic enforcement risk, and how to structure to reduce it.
Seller Financing / Wraparound Note Package$2,500
For $2,500Note, deed of trust, wrap structure, servicing setup, and a memo on Dodd-Frank and licensing exposure.
Loan Document Review for Borrowers$2,500
For $2,500Borrower-side review of a commercial loan package: recourse carve-outs, guaranty scope, cash management, default triggers, transfer restrictions. Delivered as a prioritized negotiation memo.
- Consultation
- 20 minutes, on Google Meet
- Booking
- Monday to Friday, 1:30 to 6:30, Mountain Time
- Attorney
- Tyler R. Dow, Utah bar #9633
- Serving
- Heber City, Park City, and the Wasatch Back, Utah
Flat fee or hourly?
Hourly
Flat fee
You know the total
Often at the end
Before work starts
The number is
A rate, times hours
A set fee
You are buying
Time
A written answer
- Nothing starts until you sign.
- If it does not fit a flat fee, we say so first.
What to tell your partner
“Flat fee. Published. In writing first.”
Contact Tyler’s office.
Tell us the parcel, the contract, or the loan. We will tell you the deliverable and the fee.
- Phone
- (435) 659-3359
- Text
- (435) 659-3359
- Serving
- Heber City, Park City, and the Wasatch Back, Utah
- td@tylerrdow.com