AVVO ANSWER: House Sold for Taxes but Owner Thought Taxes Were Being Paid by Lender.
Tax sales can be overturned for lack of proper notice — but you must act promptly.
Security Deposit Games.
I have been having an interesting conversation with a former resident in an apartment complex who moved out several months ago, leaving a forwarding address. Her landlord sent here a “list of damages” which in fact contained no damages at all, and no refund check.
RESPA: Both Feet in the Tar Baby.
HUD has just issued another interpretive ruling on RESPA kickback rules. A real estate agent cannot accept compensation for “marketing” home warranties, but she can be paid for real services, like performing preliminary inspections.
Report from the Line: Recording a Deed in 2010.
No. 461
Who was it who said, “the faster I go the behinder I get?”
Whoever it was could have found inspiration in the Department of Real Estate (pronounced Recorder of Deeds in 66 Counties).
So here I am arriving at the DRE, running a bit late, but – mirabile dictu — there is no one in line to [...]
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act.
Judging from the number of questions by tenants on the AVVO Question Board, there are a great number of tenants being displaced by mortgage foreclosures on the residential properties they rent. Moreover, the attorneys who are answering the questions seem to be unaware of the “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act.” This statute, effective last Spring, permits most residential tenants of foreclosed properties to stay for at least 90 days and perhaps until the end of the lease term.
Real Estate: Minding Your P’s and Q’s.
Oh, yes, by the way, you’ll be picking up the tab for extra recording fees with no extra pay.
So, as your Dad used to say: “Do it right the first time.”
Oil and Gas: PA Supreme Court Holds Lease Language is Consistent with Statutory 1/8 Royalty Requirement.
“In 1979, the legislature was not faced with a choice of whether the calculation should be made at the wellhead or the point of sale because they were one and the same. Therefore, we can assume that the General Assembly intended both parties’ interpretation: that the royalty should be calculated at the wellhead and at the point of sale.”
Zoning: Building Permit Denied for Mt. Lebanon High School Project.
The plan failed to provide the required number of parking spaces and the footprint of the buildings and other non-permeable surface area is too large for the land on which it is built.
Goodbye, Creditor’s Rights Endorsement.
So, Goodbye Creditor’s Rights Endorsement. We never needed you anyway.
Prepaid Legal Service’s Top 5 Request Categories.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle © 2010
A large prepaid legal service provider, Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., published its list of the top 5 categories of requests for its services last year. They are:
Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant Issues and Foreclosure – Approximately 358,000 requests for legal services that include residential and commercial real estate transactions, landlord and tenant issues [...]
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