Eviction Cost Tracker — US State-Aware

Every landlord knows an eviction is expensive. Almost none can say what their last one actually cost — filing here, a process server there, six weeks of empty unit quietly dwarfing all of it. This tracker logs every case with its real numbers, pulls court fees from a state table you control, and states each case’s cost the way it should be stated: as a multiple of one month’s rent.

The five sample cases total $13,600.00 — $7,875.00 of it lost rent, the line everyone forgets. A settled New York case reached $6,150.00, 3.67× its rent, long after a settlement looked “expensive”; a closed Texas case cost $2,985.00 (2.13× rent) in just 35 days. Every case is flagged the moment it crosses your cost-alert threshold, and the roll-up by state shows which jurisdictions eat your margins.

What it does for you:
– Logs each case (property, tenant, state, stage) with days-in-process counted automatically
– Pulls filing, service and writ/lockout fees from an editable 8-state EXAMPLE fee table (CA, TX, FL, NY, GA, OH, NC, AZ)
– Itemizes attorney, repairs, other costs and lost rent into one true total per case
– Expresses every case as a cost multiple of monthly rent with an alert flag past your threshold
– Rolls costs up per state and portfolio-wide: open cases, average closed-case cost, most expensive case

What’s inside (.xlsx, works in Excel AND Google Sheets):
– Start Here — setup steps, cost-alert threshold and lost-rent counting setting
– Case Log — one row per case with automatic state fees, timeline and cost multiple
– Cost Summary — the editable EXAMPLE state fee table + per-state and portfolio roll-ups
– Expense Log, Monthly Budget, Dashboard, Monthly Summary

Instant download. Type only in the yellow cells — formula cells are locked (password: sheetdaily, disclosed on the Start Here tab). CRITICAL: every fee in the state table is an EXAMPLE from published 2025–2026 fee guides — courts set their own fees, counties differ, amounts change without notice. Verify each figure with your court clerk and replace the yellow cells before relying on any total. Timelines are planning examples only. This is a cost-tracking tool, not legal advice or a filing service — confirm deadlines, notice periods and forms with your court or an eviction attorney.