I own a rental property that I want to sell, and give the proceeds to my mother. Is deeding it to her pre-sale the way to go?

We don't try to give tax advice here - there are gift tax issues, capital gain issues, and other problems within our overly complex tax code. I...

House was sold at foreclosure auction and the lender (chase) bought it back. What will we be liable to pay?

From the $34K the bank has to pay the fees and costs of foreclosure, so the deficiency will be even more than $52K. The noteholder has the legal...

Is it legal to be expected to leave electricity on in my name when I have turned over my keys and signed off on the walk through

I do not think they can make you keep the electric on after you vacate. If you were my client (which you are not) I'd advise you to plug the...

My landord foreclosed on the house I rent. Am I still responsible for rent or can I put it in escrow until I hear from the bank

First, your ex-landlord didn't foreclose the property, his lender did; and Zillow is NOT an official record. Second, Virginia law "supposedly"...

I presume the landlord placed it there - I'm curious where it was before. If the landlord didn't put it there and it's on someone else's property,...

What rights do people have in the public right of way?

The real question to me is what does your employer say? A 'private' road can simply be a road that the locality does not maintain and each of the...

Water leaks from the ceiling. Landlord send repairman but it was not fixed more than 30days. Can I request them rent reduction?

You can always ask . . . the problem is quantifying what that amount is. Did you lose 20% of the use of your apartment? 5%? 30%. How do you show...

I have hospital bills now showing up on my husbands credit report and their saying that because were married it will show up on

Under Virginia law (section 55-37) one spouse is responsible for 'necessaries' which is considered to include food, shelter, clothing and medical...

Do I need a lawyer?

Restoration of voting rights is not the same as a full pardon which I understand is required to get gun ownership rights restored. Very few...

I need to know what I have to do to get what is owe to me from my dad. He died in 2011 and his wife says i am not his.

There are facts missing from your question - you didn't indicate whether your father was named on the birth certificate, acknowledged you were his...