January 12, 2022

When Will This Skyrocketing Market End?

Florida attorney Jim Brown discusses the white-hot real estate market and gives his insight on what has caused it and when it will come to an end.
January 10, 2022

Cybersecurity Checklist: Best Practices for Real Estate Professionals

Cybercrime can be devastating to real estate professionals and their clients. The following checklist offers some best practices to help you curb the risk of cybercrime. Because data protection and cybersecurity laws differ across the […]
December 20, 2021

Home Damaged Before Closing – Who Is Liable?

Closing a real estate deal between the buyer and seller is a delicate process that requires paperwork, walk-throughs, and other professionals to progress the sale along. If the property suffers physical damage before the closing […]
December 7, 2021

Team or Group Advertising – Are you doing it right?

Florida attorney Jim Brown goes over the rules of team and group advertising at your brokerage. The controlling rules can be found at Florida Administrative Code R. 61J2-10.026 and Florida Statute 475.
November 9, 2021

Basic Mechanics of 1031 Exchanges

Florida attorney Jim Brown talks about the basic mechanics of 1031 like-kind exchanges and explains what it means to "defer" taxes.
November 2, 2021

Changes in the Law – Open Permits

The Statute (FL Stat 553.79) controlling the closure of open permits was revised October 19, 2019.
October 12, 2021

A Buyers’ and Sellers’ Guide to Multiple Offer Negotiations

Information for Buyers In some situations sellers will have several competing purchase offers to consider. Sellers have several ways to deal with multiple offers. Sellers can accept the “best” offer; they can inform all potential […]
September 23, 2021

Renting – When Do You Lose Homestead?

Florida attorney Jim Brown answers the frequent question asked by realtors, “My homeowner wants to rent their property, when will their homestead benefit go away?”
July 16, 2019

Home Buying Agent vs. Real Estate Attorney

Purchasing a home will likely be the largest and most significant transaction of your life, which is why many people choose to hire a real estate agent to assist in the search and negotiate on […]
July 11, 2019

What Do Real Estate Attorneys Do?

So you’ve decided to take the big step of buying a home. It’s probably the biggest purchase and most expensive investment you’ll ever make. But it’s not a simple process. There are a lot of […]
July 11, 2019

8 Tips for Choosing A Foreclosure Attorney

8 tips for choosing a foreclosure attorney Many homeowners fight foreclosure by hiring lawyers to represent them. Read on for eight tips for finding and selecting a foreclosure defense attorney, and what to expect. HUD […]
July 11, 2019

New Construction Home Inspections: Are They Necessary?

In the midst of the last recession that crippled the U.S. real estate economy, new construction home inspections virtually disappeared. For several years, there was too much available housing inventory at too low a price […]
July 11, 2019

Property Dispute Lawyers

What is a Property Dispute? A property dispute refers to any legal dispute involving real property, also known as real estate. Real property is immoveable property attached directly to the land. Real property includes single-family […]
February 28, 2017

Protecting Your Real Estate Listing Content

As of recent, Realtors are concerned about the contents of their listings. Realtors spend hours putting together creative and captivating listings to inspire and evoke ultimately the sale of their property. The raw truth is […]
February 14, 2017

Real Estate Law is for Lovers

Well.. it may be a silly title but honestly, we LOVE Real Estate and we love Real Estate Law. We’re so excited to share our knowledge and expertise with you we thought we’d shout it […]
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