Adverse possession begins with a claim of right, which means that you have an earnest belief that you own the property. Your belief that you own...

As soon as you write the words “owned by a local business,” you won’t be able to state a good claim for adverse possession. The first thing you...

When you contract to buy and sell in U.S. dollars (or any currency), you implicitly accept the fluctuations in value of that currency. You could...

It sounds like neither the buyer nor seller was ready, willing, and able to close, and so the down payment should be returned to the buyer and the...

In order to get to a sale, your condo's board of managers will have to bring a foreclosure action against you. Before they do that, they have to...

That sort of thing isn't something that would usually go into a deed. It would, however, go into a separate contract or agreement between the...

Based on the facts that you've laid out, the seller and title company are correct that you would be covered by title insurance (make sure that your...

Avvo is not the place for this sort of question, the answer to which is going to depend on a lot of information that can't really be included in a...

The short answer is yes. If your name is on the deed, you're an owner of the house and you don't have to sign off on anything. I would say that in...

Yes, you can pursue a partition action if you are a fractional owner of real property. The process is a bit lengthy, but if communication and...