By Chris A. Harmen It makes good sense to have a real estate title search done on any property that you are planning to purchase. But what exactly is searched and what can you expect to find in the final report? Why Title Searches Are Performed The primary reason for conducting a real estate title…
By Brett C. Meade By definition, a homeowner’s association is a legal entity created by a real estate developer for the purpose of managing and selling a community of homes. It has the authority and responsibility to enforce the covenants, conditions, and restrictions of the community, as well as manage the common amenities provided to…
By Matt Humphrey The Joneses have a very friendly golden retriever named Sparky. But they let him off leash in the common areas of your homeowner association and the mutt bounds up to neighbors and jumps on them to say hello. The neighbors like the Joneses and Sparky, but they’ve asked you to remind them…
By Marcela Devivo Property law falls into the common law legal system and concerns all aspects of ownership of ‘real’ property (land ownership as opposed to ownership of movable possessions) and personal property (movable possessions). The concept of property law has been around since the days of ancient Rome and the emperor Justinian’s Corpus Juris…
