By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL As the South Florida real estate market continues to heat up, construction disputes are once again becoming a common occurrence in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County. The Doctrine of Substantial Performance While a party’s legal rights…
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Standard Florida Real Estate Contract (Part 2 of 2)
By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Here is Part 2 of the new FAR-BAR Contract blog post: Buyer Closing Costs Paragraph 9(b) offers a list of closing costs to be paid by the buyer. The owner’s title policy premium has been added as…
Standard Florida Real Estate Contract (Part 1 of 2)
By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL The Florida BAR and Florida Association of Realtors recently adopted a new standard real estate contract. Because the new “FAR-BAR” contract will control the majority of residential real estate transactions in Florida, it is important to understand…
Is a Verbal Option to Purchase Real Estate in Florida Enforceable?
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Consider a scenario where you have been leasing a residential property in Miami on a month-to-month basis for a little over a year but would like the eventual opportunity to purchase the property. Over the course…
Deal-Maker vs. Deal-Breaker: What is a Real Estate Lawyer’s Role in Real Estate Deals?
By: Alejandro E. Jordan, Esq. Attorneys working on complex real estate deals frequently forget that they are being employed to advance their client’s business objectives, not destroy them with a litany of complications, caveats, and “what-ifs”. After all, at the end of the day, clients employ their attorneys to be…
Florida “As Is” Real Estate Contracts
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL As the real estate market in South Florida continues to heat up, more homeowners will undoubtedly list their homes for sale in Miami-Dade and Broward County. An important issue that all prospective homebuyers should investigate is…