Happy Estate Planning Awareness Week!

The third week in October is estate planning awareness week, so we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of why it is important to establish a strong working estate plan. We find that our cases with the highest attorneys’ fees tend to be for individuals who...

Land Locked Property

Being able to legally access a property from the road, while often taken for granted, is of vital importance. For homes in subdivisions or lots touching a public road, it’s usually not an issue.  Sometimes, on property that hasn’t been sold in a long time...

SHOULD I BUY OR SELL NOW, OR WAIT FOR RATES TO DROP?

The real estate market is such a hot topic. Tune into the nightly news, pull up an online article, or just walk into your local coffee shop. Everyone is constantly talking about interest rates and whether or not right now is a good time to buy or sell. Look at this...

My Buyer is Not a U.S Citizen- What to Know

My buyer is not a U.S. citizen so what do I do? I get this question a lot. The answer is: not much at all. The better and uncommon question is: the seller is a non-resident alien so what do I do AS THE SELLING AGENT (you would think this is a worry for the listing...

The Pitfalls of The Limited Personal Representative

A large part of our practice in our transactional department consists of curing title issues for real property that arise as a result of improperly probated estates. To say that another way, our clients may have done a great job probating the estate of their loved...