Questions tagged [real-estate]
For questions about property that involves lands or buildings.
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Can I sue an appraiser for assigning a low value to my property?
Due to the low value assigned to my home by an appraiser, I didn't get a loan and it did cost money.
However, when I went to another bank, two new appraisers gave a higher value and I was able to ...
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Can a railroad bar a property owner from access to their property?
A 90+ acre tract of land has CSX railroad on it.
The property owner in this rural area hunts on the property. In fact the back half of the tract of land is bounded on three sides by the rail main ...
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Is scraping real estate data illegal in anyway?
So a relative of mine works in the real estate business and she wants me to write a Python script that scrapes property prices and lot size from a website, calculate price per sqft, and email her the ...
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Homesteading law in the Atacama Desert
This is a second attempt at this question.
Does Chile have a homesteading law?
If so, does the Atacama Desert contain land where this could be used; i.e. not owned by anyone and not under other legal ...
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Drafting a will to have a third party sell an inherited home? [closed]
The question title may be a bit misleading - it's hard to word my issue. Apologies in advance.
Background
I am 27 and my sister is 23. We stand to inherit a 1500 sq. foot home should anything happen ...
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Is rent acceleration legal in Texas?
Texas Association of Realtors' Sample Lease has the following:
B. If Tenant fails to timely pay all amounts due under this lease or otherwise fails to comply with this lease,
Tenant will be in ...
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Can a man who owns a strip of land going through another's house extort the owner of the house with threat to build on the land?
There was a recent article on cracked.com discussing an individual who accidentally purchased a tiny strip of land, worth approximately 50 dollars, thinking he was purchasing the house it ran through. ...
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Curious case of real-estate transaction with predatory tenants
This question is looking for some ideas and some underwater rocks that haven't been though of yet.
The context:
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia, Canada
A buyer and a seller has entered into an sale ...
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Would towels under floorboards (for sound insulation) be considered an unacceptable fire risk?
I am a live-in landlord (UK), with two lodgers. My bedroom is on the ground floor, my lodger is in the bedroom above me. I want to reduce the noise from above, and this video suggests that folded ...
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Buyers have changed closing dates multiple times, costing us nearly $5000 in additional costs -- what can we do?
We are in Florida, USA.
We accepted a contract for our home, with a closing date of August 18. A couple of weeks after the contract was signed, the buyers requested a new closing date of August 11 (...
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Assignment and subletting of leasehold in UK
I am planning on buying a worn down property that has 4 big rooms to fix it up, and then rent out 2 out of 4 rooms - room by room. I would live with my family in the other two (at least for the ...
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My co-borrower wants her name removed from a 5 year mortgage contract
Me and my sister in law bought a house. We asked her help to acquire the loan. She signed the mortgage loan for a 5 year contract, and we got the house. Me and my wife paid all the expenses and down ...
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Can California landlords protect against tenants paying retainer instead of rent?
I've heard that in San Francisco, with a landlord that's not on top of his things, and a tenant who doesn't care about his credit report, it would be cheaper to withhold rent and pay a retainer ...
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UK: Can I give money to my brother instead of him paying income tax on a share of my rental income?
Let's say my brother acts as guarantor for my mortgage, so that I can buy a bigger house than before. He does not put his name on the house deeds, and he does not contribute to mortgage payments, I ...
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Who is responsible for the bull's damage?
Bob owns and lives on a piece of land adjoining another, vacant one owned by Alice. There is a sheep fence between them which Bob has installed at his own expense (even though he legally could demand ...
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If no prior contracts have been signed, can a landlord make tenants sign after a week of tenancy?
I am not asking for legal advice, just curious about the law. To illustrate the question I think it's best to use a specific example.
A friend of mine responded to an ad on craiglists for shared ...
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How does a clause of reverter or "possibility of reverter" interact with the Rule Against Perpetuities?
This is a follow up to another more broad question. According to Wikipedia on the possibility of reverter,
There is a possibility of reverter when an estate will return to the grantor if a condition ...
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Can a wall only be part-party? (England)
I own a semi-detached house 10m tall. A large garage on the detached side shares the bottom 2m of the wall. It belongs to the neighbours, who will build a house to replace the garage. Is the whole ...
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What does Florida state law say regarding probate in real estate transactions?
Does Florida state law require that an estate go into probate in the event the seller in a real estate transaction passes away prior to closing?
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Can tenants claim adverse possession during a rent or eviction moratorium?
If there is a rent or eviction moratorium in place for an extended period in a particular jurisdiction, so that tenants are not paying rent, can they eventually acquire adverse possession?
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UK - Can my (hostile) landlord's (hostile) agents enter my flat to conduct viewings without my explicit permission?
A little background
I'm a student renting (short hold) a studio apartment from a private landlord through an estate agent. The term of the contract ends in September of this year. I've had multiple ...
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Is there a legal definition of "viewing a property" (in the UK)?
Some background: we're moving out of our apartment soon and the agency has requested to conduct a viewing for a prospective tenant when we're not at home, using the spare key in their possession. We ...
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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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Hypothetical - new land ownership
I am intentionally not specifying a country for the following as I am interested in answers for different countries.
Lets say that instead of global warming we would have global cooling - the ice ...
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How long do restrictive covenants apply on property willed to the state?
If I devise real property to the state of Texas in my will, and it specifies that the homeless can not be evicted on the property, how long will that restriction apply for? Assume the state accepts ...
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Can bona fide purchasers transfer the title of real estate or a motor vehicle?
This is a follow up question of the question entitled "Equity's darling": How do U.S. courts overcome bona fide purchasers?", and seeks the answer to what happens when BFP's engage in ...
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Where can I find a will that passed property to municipality with restrictive covenants?
The will of George H. Hermann passed property from his estate to the City of Houston. Some of the transfers, included clauses like the following,
in the city of Houston, Harris County, Texas, for the ...
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Can a landlord appoint agents at will?
I am curious about something that came up in this question: Can a realtor show my apartment at will, with notice?.
In the linked question a comment for an answer states: "The realtor IS the ...
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New defects after buyer removes inspection contingency
The buyer has removed all his contingencies and so he doesn't have any way to back out without losing his earnest deposit money. Unfortunately, I later found out that there are some defects such as a ...
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What benefits to the freeholder and what disadvantages to the leaseholder does a long (1000 year) lease have over the freehold?
I am interested in a property and approximately 300 acres of associated land in the UK. The has a 1000 year long lease with a peppercorn ground rent and no service charge. I understand that every ...
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Who owns or controls the Atacama Desert? [duplicate]
This question arose from a discussion about colonising Mars. Clearly if you can live on Mars then the Atacama Desert should be a cinche. So that leads to the question of who owns it. The bulk is in ...
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Does a town have to have a justification for a zoning restriction?
In one town near me there is a town that has zoning restrictions like, if an addition is over so-and-so many square feet it must have planning board approval.
This would seem to be capricious ...
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