SURPLUS FUNDS COLLECTION MIAMI DADE FORECLOSURE ATTORNEYS Homeowners in foreclosure who have lost their home in foreclosure either due to a bank foreclosure or homeowners or condominium association foreclosure, many not know of one tiny law that allows them to go back to court and obtain the surplus funds, or overage of funds left in the… Read more »
SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE LAWYER Florida title to real property is held in the form of a “deed”. There are many different types of real estate deeds. You can have a Warranty Deed for general real estate sales and purchases. When you purchase property from a developer you typically get a Special Warranty Deed. When you purchase property… Read more »
MIAMI DADE FORECLOSURE ATTORNEYS Many homeowners who lost their homes in foreclosure may not know they could be entitled to some monies as a result of the foreclosure sale. If your property sold in foreclosure, and the winning bidder paid more than the amount of the judgment, the result is a surplus of funds. The homeowner,… Read more »
Once a lawsuit in foreclosure is filed, a defendant has 20 days to file an answer. However, the service must be proper in order to be valid. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure require a process server, and not the Plaintiff, to serve the Defendant. Service must be performed by personally finding the defendant and handing… Read more »
CAN’T AGREE ON WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY? What happens when two co-owners of a property, who are not married, can not agree on what to do with the property? One wants to keep it but the other wants to sell? This scenario is quite common when parties either inherit real property after the… Read more »
Ever since the real estate bubble burst, securing financing for the purchase of real estate has been challenging. Tighter loan restrictions and fewer, more strict lending programs have stymied many real estate purchasers. The Qualified Mortgage Rule went into effect on January 2014 to address these issues but how are homebuyers impacted by this new… Read more »
FLORIDA REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS South Florida Real Estate Lawyers The most important and first decision to make when considering purchasing real estate in the United States is to hire a real estate attorney. This one decision will determine whether the final result is a smooth and successful closing or not. A real estate lawyer in the… Read more »
EXPERIENCED LANDLORD/TENANT ATTORNEY JACQUELINE A. SALCINES, ESQ. Day after day, I receive calls from frustrated Landlords whose tenants have stopped paying rent because the air conditioner is broken or because the landlord has failed to correct something. Many tenants take the law into their hands and without collection of rent, the landlords are in position of defaulting… Read more »
In this day and age, it is hard not to find an attorney out there that handles loan modifications, short sales and foreclosure defense. Yet, many of these attorneys claim they help their clients save their properties, while charging them monthly for their services. Only to put the homeowner in jeopardy after years of defending a… Read more »
