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Easement Issues In Real Estate
Easement issues crop up with alarming frequency, particularly in rural areas, and it’s no wonder! Virtually every property has some type of easement on it, most commonly for utilities. And some easement agreements date back decades. More often than not, the easements...
Top 10 Reasons To Consult A Real Estate Attorney BEFORE You Buy Property
In all likelihood, buying real estate will be one of the most expensive purchases you’ll make in your lifetime. Whether it’s piece of vacant land, a rural property, a single-family home, a condo, or a commercial building, the investment could be fraught with risk....
FSBOs: Tips For Selling Real Estate
If you’re planning to sell a piece of real estate – whether it’s a condo, single-family home, vacant land, or other type of property – chances are you’d prefer to do it quickly, and for the highest price possible. By offering your property as a “for sale by owner”...
Why you would want to have your purchase and sales agreement reviewed by an attorney
Okay so in this article, I'm going to discuss why you might consider having your purchase and sale agreement reviewed by an attorney. We've all seen the real estate market taking off here in North Idaho. Lots of people are signing Purchase and Sale agreements, often...
Limited Scope Legal Services for Real Estate Transactions
Timely Contract is called a limited-scope legal service, because it is kind of like comparing the traditional legal services as like maybe a six-course meal, where you get the salad and the entree and dessert and everything in-between really, whether you want it or...
Tenants in Common
When real property is owned by a single owner, the owner is said to have ownership in severalty. Now for many of you, this may be a new word, but you can remember this by thinking of the word severed. When you have ownership in severalty, you are severed or separate...
Title Insurance
In this article, I'm going to discuss some aspects about title insurance, what it covers, what it doesn't cover, what it's all about. Because in my law practice, I frequently see issues come about where people are asking me about it. Be it an easement, or...
Who Should Use Timely Contract And Why
The Timely Contract services are extraordinarily useful for the purposes for which they were designed. Timely Contract uses the modern shopping cart online ordering method that is very fast, especially compared with other legal services provisioning. Or someone in...
What Is The Litigation Process In Real Estate, And How Are Disputes Settled
Discussing civil litigation is somewhat difficult, because no one really wants to have anything to do with it. Sometimes it is the only method for resolution of legal difficulties. In real property law, contracts, construction, and water issues, we have found some...
When Are Expansions Of Easements In Real Estate Allowed
Property owners in Idaho who benefit from easements over someone else’s property—or who have easements going over their property—can have plenty to think about when it comes to their legal rights and responsibilities. Maintenance, use, liability, and other issues have...
Due Diligence In Real Estate
People who’ve lived in the Inland Northwest area of Eastern Washington, North Idaho, and Western Montana for any amount of time come to understand the inhabitants are fiercely independent, self-reliant, and dedicated to a life of independence. They buy their own land...
Legal Disputes Between Real Estate Agents and Clients
With so many people moving to Idaho, the real estate market here has never been busier. With that comes greatly increased activity for real estate agents— and unfortunately, many more opportunities for disputes between agents and clients. In the past couple of years...