Questions tagged [real-estate]
For questions about property that involves lands or buildings.
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Anything I could cite to make my apartment complex more flexible regarding their inspections in Texas?
So my apartment complex likes to do these pretend inspections which means they are about to sell the property again and they act like these are routine legal inspections of your HVAC unit, but again, ...
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Neighbour damaging property boundary - what are our rights?
UK query here. My question is about the options available to us when a neighbour carries out actions that damage our hedge boundary.
The rights and responsibilities of property owners when it comes ...
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Do Covenants and/or By Laws become null due to non-enforcement?
I seem to remember a lecture during my Business Law Classes which discussed nullification of Community Covenants or By-Laws (an HOA for example) when a certain rule has been violated for x-years and ...
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The condition of leasehold improvements at the end of the lease
My understanding is that the default / customary approach to leasehold improvements is that they go to the lesser at the end of the lease. When that's the case, how is the condition of the improvement(...
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Buying a house that is in violation of a local setback ordinance? [closed]
I am in the process of purchasing a house in Ohio. It has passed inspection/appraisal and we were waiting for closing. The title company ordered a land survey and it was found that the house is over a ...
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Does 'in writing' imply handwritten?
My rental contract states that I need to give notice 'in writing' to my landlord prior to ending my tenancy. I'm new to legal terms and the country, does this phrase imply the notice needs to be ...
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Are buyer contingencies still needed if no Ernest money
A seller and I have agreed that no Ernest money will be paid in the contract. However, there are no financial or appraisal contingencies in the contract to void the contract if I can’t get the loan or ...
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Is it discriminatory to operate a real-estate website catering for a specific non-English language in the US?
My understanding of US discrimination laws is that the wording of the real-estate listing must not discriminate by race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
If a ...
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Can my landlord refuse to renew our lease due to downsizing of purchased lots?
Some background information first: I'm a father of three, and I've been running a store with my wife in the same shopping center in southern Florida for 20 years now. Around 13 years ago, we moved ...
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Signed contract to buy house that has tenant
I'm in Virginia. This week, I signed/ratified a purchase contract to buy a house in Virginia that's going to close in 40 days. The house has an existing tenant with a lease with the current owner that ...
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Why receiving mail at address is important legal factor?
I've seen several times on this site and elsewhere (and on one of my own questions) that when it comes to housing questions/disputes often it's being asked "Have you received mail addressed to you at ...
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If a contract to purchase a home is modified after signing without a party's consent, will it be null and void?
My sister and I jointly submitted a bid to a house today for $580 000. After I signed the documents, she modified the bid to $600 000 without my knowledge.
Now, in this case, neither she nor myself ...
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Does the UK have HOAs? (homeowner associations / Stratas /Syndic)
I'm looking to move to the UK in 6 months and purchase a flat, but I'm wondering if the UK has also HOAs like the USA?
In the USA they are pure hell and want to know if I'll have to deal with them ...
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How does real estate / private land ownership come into existence?
I can buy real estate from another seller. That seller at some point bought it from someone else, and so on, until we arrive at the first "owner" of this property. How did that individual become its ...
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Artificially lowering home purchase price on paper (Ontario Canada)
In Canada, a mortgage lender will give you a higher interest rate for purchase prices over the $1,000,000 mark. Assuming you agree to purchase a home from a seller for $1,200,000, is it legal to agree ...
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Is a quit claim deed legally accepted if filed with the county?
I am the joint tenant owner with right of survivorship with my mother. We would like to remove her name and add my brother's. I've filled the form out with all the necessary details (grantor/grantee, ...
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Does a quitclaim deed imply that the grantor has some interest in the property
Just found out that my wife's grandfather had intended to sell a vacant lot he owned to one of his sons (my wife's uncle), but through some error this never happened. For the past 15 or so years ...
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Is it permissible by law to charge tenants for additional roommates?
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I plan to purchase a single family home and rent it out to university students. Originally, it was expected that there would be one student per room (as communal areas would be sized ...
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Can a realtor take marketing photos of the interior of a rental for selling the property?
Can a property manager allow a realtor to come into your place to take photos of the interior - including your furniture and personal items - to publish these online to sell the property?
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Can your landlord raise rent for running a business?
Say you run an academy from your house. Can your landlord raise rent? Nolo.com says
Also, in most states your landlord can’t use a rent increase (or evict you or decrease services, either) in ...
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Doctrine of Merger in Property Law
Under the Doctrine of Merger a vested or possessory life estate merges into the next vested future interest in fee simple (whether a reversion or a vested remainder) when both are held by the same ...
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Buying a house in a partnership [closed]
I am buying a house with a colleague in California.
I am paying 80% and he is paying 20%.
He is going to live in the house, and pay rent for my 80% stakes in the house.
Is it at all legal?
Can I ...
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Eviciting occupant of a house who has some equity in it in the US
I bought a house with an ex-colleague and I put up 85% of money and my colleague put up 15%. With an agreement that he would pay rent for the 85%.
Now he has stopped paying rent. What are my options?...
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Can a township be at fault for damaging property?
This involves the neighborhood I grew up in, and where my parents still live. Its a small exurb of NYC. The development my parents live in is about 200 houses at the base of a steep hill. In the past ...
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How do I digitally confirm the ownership of land to an individual?
What I'd like is to have an individual prove ownership of a parcel of land and then verify this claim digitally.
What is the conventional process of a person proving ownership of their parcel of land?...
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Property lien expiration and removal in North Carolina
I live in North Carolina and had hired a contractor to work on my house. I'd paid them 50% in advance. They did a terrible job and were a nightmare to work with. I have refused to pay for the ...
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Who owns an un-documented cellar/bunker? (UK Law)
A relative of mine purchased a house about 35 years ago. After a few years he discovered a bricked-up doorway leading to what was probably started as a WW2 bunker. It was abandoned and empty, and ...
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My friend needs me to act as a current landlord
My friend is having a hard time renting because she has never lived on her own. Everywhere she's gone they said she has to show 3 years rental history. I'm not coming doing this I feel it's fraud. I ...
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Tenant joint letter to evict an other tenant?
I am in the Los Angeles area, and there are 4 tenants in my house. The last tenant who just moved in yesterday smokes, I told him that he needs to do it at the far end of the yard, and clean up ...
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Subletting in commercial space with verbal but not written permission - NYC
I'm a tenant in a commercial space in NYC that is sublet friendly (lots of artists, musicians, etc.) My landlord told me subletting was okay when I first looked at the space I rented and I ended up ...
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Lease Assignment in NYC
I am in a 2 BD apartment in NYC. I'm on the lease along with the other tenant. There is a guarantor on the lease. I want to leave the lease, which has 10 months remaining. I have sent the landlord a ...
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Opinion Interpretation
An attorney (non-authoritative) opinion, regarding the algebra of calculating financial shares:
The Association can only disburse the surplus funds to the unit owners
according to their share of ...
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Legality of unwritten covenants - Architectual Review Process - HOA
I'm preparing to submit house plans for approval by my Architectural Review Committee.
I felt confident. We prepared a house to the specifications of the covenants and studied them carefully. I just ...
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Do you have a right to your own reference check conducted by a third-party?
You apply through an estate agency for a house and pay them a fee to conduct a reference check. This reference check is then done by a third-party with which you interact with.
In the UK, do you have ...
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How can one try to leave a home rental lease
Person A cosigns a lease for Person B. The lease is for a house. The lease period is for one year.
The landlord agrees to allow the lease to be amended for another person, person C to be on the lease....
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Calif Small claims - HOA approved work that caused water damage to my condo
I believe it is reasonable to place responsibility for a busted waterline with the HOA and roofing contractor. Can I get thoughts from this forum on responsibility? ...or, Where can I research this?
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How can I buy a piece of land in Germany whose owner is unknown?
Long story short: I am interested in buying a piece of land beneath ours.
According to the "ground register" (Grundbuch), it belongs to two people, let's call them G and S.
Facts known about these ...
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Should I fight City Trash Citation for tenants trash
I own a quadplex in Cincinnati. Only 2 of the 4 units were occupied, but a tenant moved out on Monday, so I'm down to 1. The one that just moved out put all their trash by the road, not in a bin. My ...
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Is it legal to put a billboard on residential property?
A billboard is put on top of a person's roof or on his vacant land. It is zoned residential. This person lives on a main road and the billboard is visible to cars travelling on it. He hasn't received ...
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What happens to a contract when company is disolved?
I have been renting a property (residential) for 10 months from a limited company.
I wanted to move out of the property recently, they informed me I still have two months left on my contract, i ...
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Can you buy rights to airspace in the US?
Say I am an astrophysicist setting up a location for an experiment involving measuring electromagnetic field strength from the ground. I can buy loads of land in the Mountain or Midwest regions of the ...
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Are property taxes attached to the property itself or the owners at the time?
Are the new owners of a property liable for taxes that accrue before they purchase it, or is this the responsibility of the previous owners?
How would a real estate buyer be protected against a ...
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Can a spouse insist on payout of half of the equity in a home?
In a community property state ( TX ), can a spouse get one half of the equity from the home ( community property) , in the absence of a death or a divorce ?
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Who pays rates for property sale/purchase settlement day?
In New Zealand, properties pay rates to councils/local authorities. These are calculated yearly for periods with specific dates (e.g. 1st of April through to 31st of March, both inclusive).
When a ...
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Are there any criteria in india to register a land for specific purpose?
In india can you register a land to other person for doing anything specific in the land? Like if I give it for agriculture or for devotional songs or Kirtan or any specific purpose? If they happen to ...
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Renovating entire condo following flood - insurance claim
We have a condo that was purchased roughly 40 years ago. The condo is insured by the HOA. There was a serious flood when I was out of the country causing extensive damage throughout the house.
In an ...
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What recourse do I have if I can't meet a tight deadline to complete on a house purchase?
I've recently put down a reservation to buy a new-build flat in London, UK. This is one of the last flats available in the block and the builder is in a rush to complete and get the money as soon as ...
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Can a childless home owner living in rich neighborhood pay property tax to poor school districts?
I bought a home in a rich neighborhood because it is close to my work place, but I think other school districts would benefit more from my money. Is there any chance to choose where the school funding ...
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How should I describe the parties on a quitclaim deed?
I am preparing my own quitclaim deed in the state of South Carolina to transfer property per a separate maintenance and support agreement (pre-divorce agreement).
That for and in consideration of ...
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Am I liable for 20 year old water bill for a house I bought?
I bought a house in Florida in 2017 and when I went to get the water service turned on they told me there is a water bill from 1998 and I need to pay it. Is it my responsibility even if I didn't own ...
