A Florida man recently demanded that a no-pet condominium association permit his “emotional support parrots.” He would walk around the pool area with the parrots on his shoulder like a pirate. A woman tried to board an airplane in Orlando with her “emotional support squirrel.” The airport in Newark was the scene of a New [...]
The process, typically initiated by the landlord, of having a tenant move out of the place is known as eviction. The rules and regulations that deal with eviction in Florida are quite strict to avoid any unfortunate events. A landlord must follow all the steps stipulated by the law and go to court to evict [...]
Before making your first move while selling your residential property across Florida, you must get in touch with a real estate law attorney. There are many mistakes that you may make being a non-professional. Hiring a residential real estate attorney will help your deal to get a quicker and expected response. You must avoid the [...]
Any legal action requires the support, guidance and process from a legal attorney. Florida real estate litigation affairs are mastered by our business law attorneys, who take care of real estate litigation and other issues. Every business owner needs to understand that hiring a business lawyer can eventually help in the time of difficulty as [...]
By: Ned Hale, Board Certified Real Estate Attorney The metaphor “a bundle of rights” is often used to describe a real estate owner’s interest. These rights are meant to include the right to occupy, the right to improve, the right to sell, and the right to rent. Now, in the digital age and the rise [...]
By: Edward Hale, Fort Myers Board Certified Real Estate Attorney Many sellers are turning to lease/options to sell their property. Usually there is ample demand among tenants/buyers for lease options, so lease options open sellers up to a new market of potential buyers. 1. Usually the documents executed between the landlord/seller and tenant/buyer are: [...]
By: Edward Hale, Fort Myers Board Certified Real Estate Attorney In rising markets like ours, some property prices are going through the roof. For these properties, the value is often higher at the time of closing than it was at the time the contract was signed. As a result, many sellers have been stricken with [...]
By: Ned Hale, Fort Myers Board Certified Real Estate Attorney An enhanced life estate deed is an effective and inexpensive way to avoid probate for a real estate asset while maintaining almost all of the benefits of standard “fee simple” ownership. It is sometimes called a “transfer on death” deed or a “Lady Bird” deed. Frequently a decedent’s main asset of any real value is his or [...]
If you’re facing foreclosure, don’t panic: Take steps right now to save your home or at least lessen the blow of its loss. A record high 2.8 million properties were hit with foreclosure notices in 2009. That’s the bad news. The good news: About two-thirds of notices don’t result in actual foreclosures, says Doug Robinson of NeighborWorks, [...]