When buying a home, negotiating generous timeframes during the transaction calendar is perhaps the best thing a real estate agent can do to help their Buyer avoid overpaying for the property. Limitations to the use, enjoyment, and value of a property take time to...
When buying a home, many Buyers’ agents are treated like members of the family: they’re trusted implicitly. Many, perhaps most, do the right thing deal after deal. However, when it comes to real estate agents, caution is the watchword. Dual Agency is a circumstance...
When buying a home, many Buyer's agents are treated as members of the family: they're trusted implicitly. Many, perhaps most, do the right thing deal after deal. However, caution is the watchword when it comes to real estate agents. The real estate community divides...
Many real estate dreams go down in flames as the result of a lack of due diligence. You’ve heard the horror stories and are aware of the risks. If you’re still determined to buy and develop land, it’s fair to ask, How much legal due diligence is enough? Considerations...
As an experienced real estate attorney, you may never imagine that the residential real estate market would ever be an attractive practice area. The first two strikes against the practice area are aggressive time frames and unrealistic client expectations. The third...
Timely Contract® for Legal Risk Mitigation As an experienced real estate agent, you may never imagine that an attorney could be useful to your practice: attorneys take too long, address issues no one cares about, and jeopardize the transaction. Attorneys carry...
Real Estate Transaction Fees: An Upending Verdict A guilty verdict was handed down by a federal jury on October 31, 2023 that threatens to upend the cozy financial relationships enjoyed by agents representing Buyers and Sellers during the real estate transaction. In...
You’ve toiled for years, sold the family home, and are on the hunt for land to build that dream home. The risks to buying unimproved land are seldom appreciated by the uninitiated. Power, water, drainage, septic, and land use rights and restrictions all come into...
As useful as limited-scope legal services are, there are times when a more robust set of legal services is necessary. Timely Contract can be used to identify experienced real estate attorneys licensed in the jurisdiction of the property who may be interested in your...
Legal due diligence and real estate pricing are two distinct but related processes that play crucial roles in real estate transactions. Legal Due Diligence: Legal due diligence involves a thorough investigation of the invisible legal risks, liabilities, and issues of...
When buying a home, negotiating generous timeframes during the transaction calendar is perhaps the best thing a real estate agent can do to help their Buyer avoid overpaying for the property. Limitations to the use, enjoyment, and value of a property take time to...
When buying a home, many Buyers’ agents are treated like members of the family: they’re trusted implicitly. Many, perhaps most, do the right thing deal after deal. However, when it comes to real estate agents, caution is the watchword. Dual Agency is a circumstance...
When buying a home, many Buyer's agents are treated as members of the family: they're trusted implicitly. Many, perhaps most, do the right thing deal after deal. However, caution is the watchword when it comes to real estate agents. The real estate community divides...
Many real estate dreams go down in flames as the result of a lack of due diligence. You’ve heard the horror stories and are aware of the risks. If you’re still determined to buy and develop land, it’s fair to ask, How much legal due diligence is enough? Considerations...
As an experienced real estate attorney, you may never imagine that the residential real estate market would ever be an attractive practice area. The first two strikes against the practice area are aggressive time frames and unrealistic client expectations. The third...