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How to Create an Easement
An easement is an interest in real property that entitles its owner to limited use or enjoyment of land in the possession of another.


Purchasing a Home With Existing Renters
It is important to understand when buying a property that has an existing tenant that the sale...


What to Know About the Covid Moratorium on Rent
While the moratoriums have expired at the state level, counties or cities may have their own moratoriums providing protection to renters...


What to Know When a Tenant's Landlord Changes
When one rents the place they live, there is always an uncertainty of what will happen if the property is sold. If such a situation...


Construction Checklist: Home Improvement Project
Use Construction Checklist before starting your next home renovation project to help safeguard yourself from potential future liability


How to Evict a Tenant
TYPES OF EVICTION Actual Eviction Actual eviction occurs when the lessor or someone with paramount title ousts the tenant from...


How to Modify a Lease
A lease has a dual character: it is both a contract between the lessor and the lessee for the possession and use of the subject property and


Required Disclosures When Selling a Property
Before transferring or selling a property, the transferor or seller must disclose various things under the law. The broad over-arching...


Landlord's Rights After Tenant Abandons
If a tenant vacates the premises with the intent not to be bound by their lease, landlords can collect the following amounts...


Seller's Duty to Buyers: Marketable Title
Sellers have an implied duty to ensure that the property they are selling has “marketable” title. Marketable title requires...


What to Know When Hiring a Contractor
Given the amount of time and money involved, hiring the right contractor for your home build or remodel project, no matter the size of...


Transferring Investment Property to a LLC
In order to protect personal assets from being sought and claimed in a subsequent legal action, it is prudent to transfer the investment...


Seller's Rules of Disclosure
When it comes to purchase and sale of residential realty, there are a few legalities that do need to be taken into consideration and this is


Reverse Mortgages and HECMs
Reverse mortgages offer the user a lot of advantages and in some cases can and is a real life saver for the homeowner.


Short-Term Rental Liability
Property owners owe a duty of care for harm caused to others by defects on or within their property. As a result, if a property owner...


Right to a View?
While there was such a right under old English common law, this does not exist in California as a general rule. There are certain...


HOA Restrictions
These are for the common benefit of all within the community. For these rules and regulations to have any affect, they must be...


Rental Scams
Those who are already offering their property for lease or rent are particularly vulnerable to these scams. This is even more of a risk...


Parking Rights
This means that while members of the public at large cannot park on a land owner’s private property without permission, nor block the...


Neighbor Disputes: Spite Fences and Boundary Lines
Fencing does not necessarily have to be a fence as one typically thinks of it. Fencing can be any sort of boundary between adjoining...
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