real estate law

Foreclosure and Two Ways to Avoid Going Through It

October 21, 2008 18:19

Foreclosure means that a borrower can not make the required principal and/or interest payments on a loan secured by an interest in property.  Because of the borrower’s default, the lender has a right to terminate the borrower’s interest in the property.  The procedures vary from state t...

Basics About Real Estate Investment Trusts

September 15, 2008 20:16

As a follow up to my last post noting that hard assets, such as real estate, tend to be good inflation hedges, I wanted to provide some basics on real estate investment trusts (”REITs”).  A REIT is an investment vehicle that owns either mortgage notes, real estate or a hybrid that both ...

Texas Real Estate Documents Mean What They Say !! (Part Two)

June 19, 2008 20:33

As a Texas real estate attorney representing buyers, sellers, lenders, developers, and occasionally brokers, in Texas, I have sometimes been accused of sounding like a broken record in advising my clients. My oft-repeated mantra is: "Read the document thoroughly, and...As a Texas real estate...

terigrasmussen

June 11, 2008 15:20

Now that I’ve been doing this law blog thing for about eight months, I’ve had a chance to get acquainted with my neighbors in the blogosphere.  There are of course my subject matter compatriots all across the country that I’ve enjoyed coming to know through their blogs (Chris M...

My Favorite Ohio-Based Law Blogs

Teri Rasmussen
June 11, 2008 15:20

Now that I've been doing this law blog thing for about eight months, I've had a chance to get acquainted with my neighbors in the blogosphere.  There are of course my subject matter compatriots all across the country that I've enjoyed coming to know through their blogs (Chris Moander of the r...