People Die. Statutes of Limitation Run Out. Loan Commitments Expire. Creditor companies go out of business. Witnesses relocate. Co-Owners become estranged and quit cooperating. Foreclosing Trustees refuse to postpone auctions. Memories fade. All these realities added together make a pretty compelling reason to know about and start fixing possible title problems at the earliest possible…
Kudos to one of our legal network affiliates of Attorney Short Sale Negotiators who answered this question as succinctly and accurately as you could ever ask: Should real estate agents negotiate short sales? No. Absolutely not. It is replete with legal issues, risks, deficiency issues (amounting to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of…
A client called today to have our lawfirm engage in a discussion with his CPA as to tax ramifications for “subject to” sales of homes. For those of you who have never considered using “creative financing” to sell your home or buy a home, a “subject to” means the buyer takes over the seller’s mortgage…
