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Real Estate Contracts: What to Look For
When you finally receive an offer on your home, you’ll receive a contract with several pages of terms, conditions and multiple additional documents. Most real estate contracts are prepared in…
Can the Buyer Back Out of a Real Estate Contract?
A real estate contract is legally binding, and the general expectation is that both buyer and seller will each fulfill their ends of the deal. However, there are clauses that…
New Legislation Results in New Disclosures for Real Estate Transactions
Effective January 1, 2019, Assembly Bill 1289 triggered new laws impacting real estate disclosure requirements. Real estate agencies should update their disclosure forms to reflect the new laws, if they…
Mandatory Mediation in Home Purchase Contracts in California
Real estate purchases are among the largest and most complicated transactions many of us will ever make. While we all hope it won’t happen to us, it’s not surprising when…
Six Different Types of Commercial Leases
As business owners navigate the pros and cons of various office lease arrangements, it helps to become familiar with the lexicon of commercial real estate agreements. One of the first…
Tenant Improvements in Commercial Leases
In order to find the right commercial space for a business, tenants will consider a number of factors such as location, lease terms, and of course, price. But if a…
Personal Guaranty on Commercial Leases
Some commercial landlords insist that a business owner provide a personal guaranty as a condition of its lease. But what exactly is a personal guaranty of a commercial lease, and…
Insurance Provisions on Commercial Leases
Commercial lease negotiations can be time-consuming and complex, but you can count on one thing being true: Both the tenant and the landlord want to get the best possible deal….
Partition Action to Resolve Co-Ownership Disputes
Relationships, whether business, financial, or personal, don’t always work out the way we plan. Unfortunately, most people don’t plan an exit strategy in the event a relationship ends. This creates…
Mending Fences Can Be Complicated: What Happens When Neighbors Disagree?
Homeowners build fences for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they want a contained space for children to play in, to keep dogs from roaming, or to create more privacy in…
