What is my legal obligation with personal items found in a purchased foreclosure home?

Generally you can't take property belonging to someone else unless it is abandoned. For property to be abandoned there needs to be an intent to...

HOA Dispute

Your rights and obligations should be spelled out in your HOA documents. You should read those very carefully. Those documents also give the HOA...

If there is a joint loan on a mortgage where the parties are not married, and the loan type is fee simple

One joint owner of property can force the sale of the property by filing a partition suit in the local circuit court, which asks the court to...

Do I need a real estate attorney

If the other owner won't agree to sell you will have to force her. The lawsuit itself is not complicated, but if she resists you are looking at a...

If I was asked to leave an apt. complex/Breach of lease not eviction. I agreed on paper in writing.

You need to read your lease. Also If they kept your deposit then under Maryland law they were required to send you a list of the reasons why they...

If a deed was refinanced but no new one put in place does the mortgage company still have a deed on the property.

Deeds aren't refinanced. The deed is the document that transferred title from the previous owner to you. In Maryland if you have a home loan it is...

If a home is owned by 2 people. One of them moves out and has been gone for over a year can they just move back in?

The written agreement could affect this answer, but generally if you own property with another person and do not want to sell, that person will...

If you were a month to month tenant and are holding over with the landlord's consent, you remain a month to month tenant, provided there is nothing...

What defenses are available for a collections matter filed in the wrong County at the end of the Statute of Limitations?

It sounds like the statute of limitations is probably not an issue. Generally in Maryland the 3 year limit is going to apply, and that clock...

If you get SSI on a Direct Express card and you open a bank account using money off of it can a garshment be place against it.

A garnishment can be placed against any bank account. If the money in the account is a protected benefit as defined by federal law, then the bank...