Property Law Question

One would need to review the entire lease for a proper opinion,but the answer is most likely "yes". The inquiry in the lease is whether the...

Normally, this is ok, if you can negotiate it with your listing agent. However, if the sale is a short-sale, the lender requires NO funds going to...

How is this really any different than the bank snail mailing you a letter? Regular mail can be mis-delivered or stolen. You really don't have a...

CA laws: buyer's right to obtain information from HOA about status of community, etc?

Attorney Chen cites appropriate law. Additionally, the seller has a duty to disclose. If disclosures from seller andHOA are slow in coming, be...

How to you set a value on an esthetcally damaged tree by a neighbor cutting limbs on her side and my side without permission?

A private, consulting arborist can provide a value ... based on different theories such as replacement cost or rehabilitation cost. I would not go...

Can a HOA fine a unit owner for each parking violation incurred or is there some limit on that number?

It all depends on what the HOA's CC&Rs provide.

I never signed escrow instructions, (home failed inspection), yet escrow charged me $35 to return my deposit. can they do this?

This seems penny-ante on escrow's part, but the answer is "probably, yes." You could send an email requesting this money back; you could tell them...

My tax liends and my judgement liends show up on the house that is now my sister's. What to do?

There are several different options. One is to do nothing -- if the liens are yours and not hers, and she is the owner of the house, a title...

HOW LONG DOES IT GENERALLY TAKE IN CA. FOR LEGAL HEIR TO RECEIVE THEIR SHARE OF AN ESTATE WHEN THE DECEDENT DIED WITHOUT A WILL?

While there can be legitimate reasons for not closing an estate within a year, there are no good reasons for the executor and his attorney from not...

Short sale real estate agent or real estate attorney

buying an hour of time with a good real estate attorney is a reasonable investment to make sure that all of your bases are covered. There will be...