Property owners, tenants, and their attorneys and other advisers have lately spent a lot of time negotiating lease amendments and waivers to give tenants breathing room in today’s COVID-19-driven shutdowns. These negotiations typically deal with...

Loan applications are an important, but sometimes overlooked, component of the mortgage financing process. A properly drafted loan application, among other things: • Identifies the correct borrower and guarantor (if any) and describes the proposed...

In theory, turning over control of a community association from the developer to the homeowners should be relatively easy. The governing documents advise when transition occurs, the date arrives, and then the developer delivers a bunch of documents...

1. Notify your client if property being sold could qualify for section 1031 treatment Section 1031 applies to real property held for use in a trade or business or for investment. If the real estate deal that you are working on involves business-use...

“REAL LIBERTY,” VACCINATION, PLAGUE, POLICE POWER, AND TAKINGS Spurred by the headlines that have been swirling around all of us, I decided to re-read cases about the role of the courts when government curtails liberty or property rights under its...