CHANGES TO THE ESTATE-TAX EXEMPTION FOR 2013 Sellers of property over a million dollars should be aware of changes to the Estate-Tax Exemption in 2013. The Federal Estate-tax Exclusion amount for estates of property owners who die in 2013 increased to $5,250,000 in 2013, up from $5,120,000 in 2012, as per the Internal Revenue Service. The… Read more »
Escrow Deposit Disputes Jacqueline A. Salcines, PA is a South Florida based law firm experienced in handling escrow deposit disputes. Its business attorneys and real estate lawyers have provided guidance and legal advice to clients in the Miami Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe County areas that have been essential to the resolution of numerous… Read more »
In a recent Third District Court of Appeal case, the higher court rules that a Miami-Dade couple was entitled to a $99,500.00 surplus that was left over after the foreclosure sale. The lower court, Judge Diane Ward, held that the bank was entitled to the surplus. The homeowners had two mortgages, and the property was sold at… Read more »
SOUTH FLORIDA DEBT SETTLEMENT ATTORNEYS PROTECTING YOUR INTERESTS WITH CREDITORS The statute of limitations is a rule that sets a time limit within which a creditor may sue you for payment of a debt. The length of time that a creditor has to sue you on an unpaid debt varies from state to state. In some… Read more »
SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE LAWYER Florida has different types of actions in court that can be filed when someone is in your house and refuses to leave. Eviction – When a property owner has someone residing in their property that is there lawfully, with permission either under a written or oral lease, and has either stopped… Read more »
FLORIDA EJECTMENT ATTORNEY An Ejectment action refers to a lawsuit brought by a property owner who has someone residing in their property, without permission, and the individual will not leave voluntarily. The property owner, who is rightfully entitled to possession, must then remove the person who will not leave voluntarily. An Ejectment is different from… Read more »
SOUTH FLORIDA DEBT SETTLEMENT ATTORNEYS PROTECTING YOUR INTERESTS WITH DYCK O’NEAL Recent months have experienced an avalanche of Dyck O’Neal suits. Whether for deficiency balances after short sales or foreclosure auctions, or whether collecting on a foreclosure judgment, borrowers are worried when receiving these lawsuits. What you need to know is that as a borrower, YOU have rights. … Read more »
DYCK O’NEAL LAWSUITS FOR FORECLOSURE MORTGAGE DEFICIENCY BALANCES DEBT SETTLEMENT ATTORNEYS Dyck O’Neal, a privately owned debt collection company, approached Fannie Mae years ago, and bought up thousands of stale foreclosure judgments for cheap, since the statute of limitations was about to run out. Now, Dyck O’Neal is filing hundreds of thousands of lawsuits in counties in which foreclosure… Read more »
DYCK O’NEAL DEFICIENCY SUITS ON THE RISE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE LAWYER AND REAL ESTATE LITIGATION LAW FIRM The Florida Legislative Foreclosure Act, while helping the banks out more than the borrowers, did one positive thing. It limited the time period when a bank can go after a borrower for the balance of the mortgage after… Read more »
