Real estate lawyers represent and assist business entities in a variety of residential and commercial real estate issues including real estate investment opportunities, acquisitions and sales, real estate construction and development, farm and ranch acquisitions and sales, leasing, landlord/tenant matters, land use, zoning, eminent domain, financing, refinancing, mortgages and foreclosures, and other real estate matters.
What Do I Need To Know About Buying A Home?
Buying or selling a home is often the largest and most complicated financial transaction that a person will make in his or her life. If you use a real estate agent, there are many things you …
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Legal Articles
Put a Lid on it!! Neighbors, Noise and How to Alleviate the Nuisance
Do you have noisy neighbors ? Does it interfere with your sanctuary at home? Do you wonder if it will ever stop? If you are currently in a situation where your neighborly noise is getting out of control, here are some steps that you can take to help muzzle the problem: 1. Talk to your neighbor Based upon individual comfort levels of noise, neighbors are oftentimes unaware that they …
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Real Estate Deeds and Taking TItle to Real Estate
In very general terms, a deed is the legal document that transfers ownership of real estate from one person or entity to another person and/or entity. While the requirements for legally valid deeds vary widely from state to state, there are some different types of deeds that are consistently used in real estate transactions, including warranty deeds, grant deeds, and quitclaim deeds. …
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Fair Housing Planning Guide
This form from the Department of Housing and Urban Development provides information on federal housing and rental discrimination laws.
How To Stop your Neighbor from being a Nuisance
A nuisance is an unreasonable or unlawful use of property which causes interference or harm to another person or to a person’s property. For example, a property owner in a neighborhood may be a nuisance to his neighbors by allowing garbage to accumulate which may cause odors or attract wild animals, playing loud music or other noises which cause a disturbance or by using the …
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How To Buy a Home
Buying a home can be complicated, but if you take things step-by-step, you will soon be holding the keys to your own home! Step 1: Figure out how much you can afford What you can afford will depend on your income, credit rating, current expenses and debt, the down payment you can afford to make and the interest rate. Your interest rate may be set for the life of the loan or may fluctuate …
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Can The Government Take My Property?
Adding Your Spouse to the Property Deed
Adverse Possession
How To Prepare to Meet With Your Lawyer
Home Improvement Gone Wrong
Neighbor's Barking Dog
How To Become a Section 8 Landlord
How To Deal With Noisy Neighbors
How Do I Find the Right Attorney for My Case?
Premises Liability
How To Get Out of a Bad Commercial Lease
Neighbor Fence Disputes
Partition Sale of Jointly Held Property
Asbestos in Your Home
Real Estate Quitclaim Deeds
Changing Title to Real Property
Wondering If You Have Grounds for a Lawsuit?
What is a REIT?
Easements
How To Deal With A Bad Neighbor