Real Estate Law

Real estate law includes a wide variety of legal issues relating to acquiring, financing, developing, managing, constructing, leasing and selling commercial and residential real property of all kinds. We can assist you in preparing all documentation related to real estate transactions such as purchase and sale agreements, deeds, mortgages and declarations of homestead. Represention, litigation, consultion and negotiation of issues related to the purchase, sale and rental or leasing of property are all areas in which we have extensive experience and can provide you assistance. We can protect your interest in instances of real estate disputes whether related to brokers involved in a transaction, builders, land use and zoning issues or common interest communities.

Some of the specific areas where we have extensive experience in protecting and assisting our clients:

  • mortgages
  • mortgage re-financing
  • reverse mortgages
  • 1031 tax-deferred exchanges
  • residential leases
  • commercial leases
  • disputes over adverse possession
  • prescriptive easements
  • eminent domain
  • condemnation
  • property taxes
  • title and boundaries
  • views
  • trees
  • branches
  • party walls
  • fences
  • trespass
  • encroachment
  • breach of contract
  • specific performance
  • non-disclosure
  • fraud or misrepresentation
  • claims against and defense of real estate brokers and agents
  • Construction defects
  • mechanic’s liens
  • construction disputes
  • construction accident claims
  • Land use
  • zoning matters
  • representation before cities, counties, zoning boards, and design review boards
  • land use applications
  • permit variances
  • special use permits
  • interpretation and enforcement of Covenants and Conditions & Restrictions