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MA life estate attorney, life estate ownership of real ...

Life Estate - My father has a home with my grandmother listed as having a life estate in the home in MA. She is the only one living there. She ...

Gabriel Cheong
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If she truly only had a life estate, then it would not be counted as one of her ...
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AR real estate law, community and separate property laws

Real Estate question - My mother married again, and her husband's children have had him sign over his assets to them including his house. My mother is in ...

John Mark White
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It is possible that your mother may have some liability, but it depends on a ...
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OH state residential real estate laws purchase and ...

Real Estate Law - the seller agent listing on a home I recently purchased read that the furnace and airconditioning was new (07)....it is not, it is ...

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Residential real estate, purchase and sale agreement, ...

FSBO - i am selling a home, the contract was a cash contract with no contingincies, the buyer failed to perform and the closing never ...

Dennis Andrew Chen
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The result depends on what your contract says. Have an attorney review the ...
Kevin Luis Deeb
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My initial reaction is to want to know who is holding the deposit. If an ...
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does an AL state court have jurisdiction over a GA ...

Jurisdiction in real estate specific performance and damages countersuit - I am a property owner in both GA & AL. I am president of a property mgmt corp. based in GA. We filed eviction on a tenant after ...

Oscar Michelen
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If the Georgia corporation transacts business in Alabama (and it appears form ...
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Residential real estate, adjoining neighbor ...

My Gardenplants - I have a neighbour who came very nasty to me, and said he had something in his yard, what i plnated I did not plant anything I told ...

Oscar Michelen
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You can bring an action in small claims for the value of the plants. Most local ...
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Real estate purchase, homeowner association dispute ...

Homeowners and owner dispute - Approx three years ago I purchased a vacant lot from a private party. The transaction was handled by a real estate agency. The lot has ...

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capital gains tax on the sale of real estate.

What sort of capital gains tax will two people who own a property together and have different incomes have? What if one person has ...

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I'm not a lawyer or a real estate agent, but... typically, if you've used the ...
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consequences if party defaults on an unsecured real ...

unsecured real estate notes - What are the consequences if a party defaults on an unsecured real estate note?

David A. Leen
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This depends on state law for the most part. Generally, real estate loans are ...
Paul E. Comeaux
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An "unsecured real estate note loan" is just an "unsecured loan". Enforce ...
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contesting real estate purchase in IL

Sister 'buys' property in secret from dad after Dad verbally equally willed among 10 sibblings and gave it to her children. - In Feb, 2006 my dad's asked to meet with his 10 kids for his 80th b-day gift. In the festivity he emotionally announced his will ...

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First of all, the videotape of dad is not a valid Will -- Illinois law requires ...
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FL foreclosure process, real estate deed in lieu ...

real eatate deed in leiu - What is the process and do i need a lawyer?

Kevin Luis Deeb
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A deed in lieu of foreclosure is just that: instead of going through the ...
David A. Leen
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Another concern would be that a deed of lieu of foreclosure can trigger federal ...
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real estate disclosure laws in OK state, seller's ...

real estate disclosure - Is there real estate disclosure laws in Oklahoma,

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NY law on adverse possession, NY real estate law ...

Adverse Possession - My sister has lived in a home owned by her in-laws for the past 23 years. Her in-laws live next door. She has maintained the home ...

Clifford L. Tuttle Jr.
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The law of adverse posession has been changing lately. You need to give more ...
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Adverse possession? It seems like your sister was a tenant of her in-laws, ...
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under CA real estate and contract law can a married ...

real estate - Please help???I am married with two kids,my husband is buying a house without my name on antyhing not even the loan???It closes escrow ...

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earnest money WA state real estate law seller buyer breach

Earnest Moneyh - Big Earnest Money deposit on presale done 2 years ago, project has been delayed, 2 extensions were signed around, last date to close ...

Thuong-Tri Nguyen
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Without reading the relevant documents, no one can answer your questions. ...
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investing in real estate, flipping and capital gains ...

Flipping a house - Capital gains - I just purchased a house to flip. Is it legal to do the following: put my daughter on the title and mortgage it through FHA as a ...

Kent Anderson
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The $250,000 exclusion for gain from the sale of a personal residence requires ...
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seller's liability for not disclosing defects on house,...

property deffect - are the sellers liable for not desclosing deffects on the house?

Knute Arthur Rife
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Generally, Form 17 only provides a right to rescind, and that right is limited. ...
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what documents are necessary to finalize a private ...

real estate purchase - I offered to purchase a house in florida with owner financing for 85,000. I offered 45,000 down 3,000 cash now and 42,000 spread out ...

John Thomas Gosselin
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The answer is simple, although I am not a Florida lawyer, in any real estate ...
Kevin Luis Deeb
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According to the facts as you present them, your method of purchasing the home ...
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easement provided to neighbors what can we do to ...

speeding on a private drive with an easement - We purchased a home 5 years ago, at one time it was a property with one family and 2 houses, we purchased the deceased mother's home. ...

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federal income taxes on real estate sold at auction.

My father is in a nursing home.His property is being sold at auction. Will there be federal income tax charged on the sale of the ...

Janet Lee Brewer
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To answer this question, one needs to know at least the following: 1. What ...

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