by grsgrouptest | Mar 19, 2012 | Blog
Fact: Multi-family housing is hot right now due to the continuing troubles in the single family housing market. Fact: office buildings are having problems keeping tenants, and many older Class B and C office buildings are virtually empty. Fact: many young...
by grsgrouptest | Mar 15, 2012 | Title Services
One of the essential provisions of a title policy is the Date of Policy. This is made clear in the very first part of every title policy adopted by the American Land Title Association (“ALTA”), which states: “Subject to the Exclusions from Coverage, the Exceptions...
by grsgrouptest | Mar 5, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
You’ve seen the movies – the ones where the nasty foreign diplomat does something illegal and then gets off scot free by waiving his passport while sneering the words “diplomatic immunity”. It all looks so “theatrical”. And you never imagine that some foreign...
by grsgrouptest | Feb 28, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
We have previously discussed several types of estates in land, all of which can exist simultaneously on the same parcel. These were fee simple, leasehold and easements. Today we are going to talk about another type of concurrent ownership of real estate: Joint...
by grsgrouptest | Feb 28, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Patricia Overmeyer, who led EPA’s project to define all appropriate inquiries – the actions property buyers must take to attempt to identify environmental contamination of properties before acquisition....