the prescribed rate for legal fees to prepare a tenancy agreement is 1/4 of the monthly rental, disbursements should be around RM300 - RM400... stamp duty excluded.

Well, professional services don't come cheap. If you want legal advise then you have to pay. I don't see people complaining to doctors when they are charged I think society's view on legal services have to change. Besides, i think vetting through legal documents are at least 10x more difficult and time consuming compared to what doctors do.

What doctors do nowadays are so repetitive that I think a 3 year old could recite and replay what doctors do.

Think of it this way, you are actually paying to ensure that your rights as an individual is protected. Just shake off that impression that "it's a standard document", it won't be standard when you are asked to vet through them.

Tenancy agreements are usually for two (2) or three (3) years and no more but of course with the option to renew and yes, if there are no change in terms to the tenancy then don't need to pay for the vetting fees again, just the upstamping with the relevant authorities.

Your landlord probably took a general "everything-goes" template and have you signed. The RM200.00 probably goes into his own pocket or something. Another scenario is where real estate agent also take care of the drafting... well, not "drafting" per se. Some real estate agents go around legal firms under the false pretense that they have a client and wants to see the draft first. Once the draft is forwarded, these unscrupulous real estate agents just disappeared and then use the draft as a template for future usage but little that they know, not everything general can be applicable.

Also, agreements get updated but stupid real estates like these don't know so when an old template is used and dispute arises, again, these real estate agent disappears.

:haha: not whacking the medical profession la... just a general observation of the Malaysian public as a whole, which is at a very unhealthy level already. I viewed that doctors are given more credit than they should deserve which is why nowadays, quality of service provided by them is reaaaaaaallly bad and they charge super expensive because they are "doctors" -.-

Just want to rant abit because most doctors (even general practitioners) in clinics act like as if they are descended directly from God -.-

What connection are you trying to make by making your last statement?