Sharing What I Know About
Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutSatisfaction of Mortgages in Florida
Once you send in your final mortgage payment (or you payoff your loan when refinancing or selling your home), your lender has an obligation to act. It’s the law. The bank is required to prepare and record in the public records where the property is located a...
How Do You Terminate The Joint Tenancy of Florida Real Estate?
In Florida, there is more than one way to own an interest in real estate. It’s important to understand these ways before “taking title” to the property at the closing table. One key question in deciding how to own property: is the owner able to convey complete...
Bed Bug Claims By Florida Tenants
Last Update: 9/2/23 Get Compensation From Your Landlord When Bed Bugs Are Found in Your Apartment, Leased Home, Condo or Vacation Rental. In Florida, the obligation of a residential landlord to a tenant with regard to providing a clean and safe living condition is...
How To Notarize A Deed If A Seller Is In A Foreign Country (Or Another State)
Last Update: 4/26/22 The simplest reason that deeds have the seller's signature sworn before a notary public is to prevent fraud. This is particularly important in real estate transactions where the seller is foreign or is abroad. In fact, our years of Foreclosure...
Bartram: Florida Supreme Court Decision on Foreclosure Lawsuit Deadlines
If you are being sued for foreclosure here in Florida, or you suspect you may be facing foreclosure in your future, then you need to know about this month’s Bartram ruling by the Florida Supreme Court. 1. Why is the Bartram Case so Important? Opinions...
Florida Real Estate Contract Lawsuits
In Florida, when a seller and a buyer sign a residential real estate contract for the purchase of a new home or condominium, they create legal duties for themselves. If these duties are not fulfilled, then under the contract there are consequences. Those consequences...
Florida Foreclosure Appeals
Florida is a “judicial foreclosure state.” Under our banking laws, when a bank seeks to exercise its right to obtain ownership of real property because of a breach of a mortgage, or a promissory note secured by a mortgage, it must file a lawsuit. This is true for any...
5 Key Issues Related to Florida Real Estate Contracts
For real estate transactions in Florida the real estate contract controls the deal. This is the common understanding of most real estate professionals. However, these contract terms are based upon long standing legal principles which have been codified and become part...
Rescission of a Residential Real Estate Contract in Florida
Last Update: 4/14/21 Learn about the different ways to rescind a contract including using the force majeure provision because of the coronavirus. When things go bad in a Florida real estate transaction, or an unplanned event occurs, the first thought a buyer or seller...
Florida Foreclosure Appeal on The Issue of Standing – Victory Against Bank of America
Last Update: 8/17/18 We do not make a practice of sharing every foreclosure victory in a blog post. It is not our style. However, the recent publication of our appellate win against Bank of America merits some discussion today because the ruling on the issue of...
