Residential Real Estate

Homeowner associations (HOAs) establish specific standards for their communities and then work to enforce those rules to preserve property values. Successful HOAs help to preserve the unique charm of their communities and keep homeowners in compliance with the...

Every homeowners’ association (HOA) has a set of rules that governs what community members can do with their properties. Different communities may require different kinds of regulations based on the expectations of local homeowners and other factors. However, there...

The boards that manage condominium associations often receive no attention from condo owners and residents until something goes wrong. Your work may vacillate between being incredibly mundane and intensely stressful depending on the behaviors of the people who live in...

Condominium associations fall into an awkward social role where they must provide services to the property owners that join their association while also enforcing rules among those same property owners. Everyone who buys into a condominium association will likely do...

Any buyer of a residential property is advised to obtain a home inspection. There are a number of misunderstandings about what exactly a home inspection is supposed to accomplish. Home inspectors are considered “generalists”. In a manner similar to your general...

If a real estate broker from 1900 were to be transported to our current time and asked to fill out a real estate sales agreement, it is very likely that the broker from 1900 would be stunned beyond belief. There are many “old timers” who talk about how sad it is that...

There is no three day right of recision for real estate sales. If you are not sure about whether you want to sell a house, don’t list it until you are sure. If you are not sure whether you want to buy a house, don’t waste the time of a real estate agent. If you want...