Real Estate Law
Purchase and Sale of Residential Real Estate
- Home Ownership Issues
- First Time Home Buyer Representation
- Draft and Review Real Estate Contracts
- Prepare and Review Loan Documents Title Examination
- Title Insurance, Title Searches, and Title Examinations
- Title Searches
- Representation at Closing
- Representation of Home Owner Associations
- Residential Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Purchase Agreements and Sale Agreements
- Residential and Commercial Leasing
- Land Use, Zoning, and Subdivisions
- Foreclosures
- Real Estate Litigation
- Title Claim Matters
- Landlord Tenant Issues
- Real Estate Litigation
- Commercial Landlord Tenant Deputes
- Environmental Site Assessment
Real estate transactions are governed by federal statutes, as well as state statutory and common law. Real Estate Law encompasses these state a statutes and laws, as well as property law matters. Real estate law includes a wide variety of legal issues relating to acquiring, financing, developing, managing, constructing, leasing and selling commercial and residential real property of all kinds, including:
Real estate transactions relating to representation, litigation, consultation and negotiation of mortgages, mortgage re-financing, reverse mortgages, 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, residential purchase and sale agreements, commercial purchase and sale agreements, residential leases, and commercial leases (e.g., office, medical building, restaurant, industrial property, or shopping center). Real estate disputes, including disputes over adverse possession, prescriptive easements, eminent domain, condemnation, property taxes, title and boundaries, views, trees, branches, party walls, fences, as well as nuisance, trespass and encroachment, as well as sale disputes (e.g., breach of contract, specific performance, non-disclosure, fraud or misrepresentation).
Real estate broker issues, including claims against and defense of real estate brokers and agents including negligence, fraud/misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, disclosure obligations.
Construction defects and mechanic's liens, including disputes that owners, builders and contractors may have in regard to construction disputes, construction defects and claims, as well as construction accident claims. Land use and zoning matters, including representation of property owners before governmental entities (cities, counties, zoning boards, design review boards) relating to land use applications, permits variances, zoning exceptions, design review approvals, and special use permits, as well as common interest communities, including interpretation and enforcement of Covenants and Conditions and Restrictions (CC and R's).