Real Estate

For legal information on specific topics relating to real property, use the search tool, the Topics A-Z list, or the navigation on the left of each page. Or just click below:

Buying or Selling a Home

Home Foreclosure

Housing Discrimination

Landlord and Tenants

Mechanics Liens

Predatory Mortgage Lending

Sole Ownership

A person may hold property by himself. Sole ownership offers flexibility as to the management and disposition of that property. All solely owned property is considered part of the owner's estate for tax and probate purposes.

Questions & Answers: Real Estate

Back of my home is a huge gulch & my property (dirt) is gradually falling down the steep gulch; is the builder responsible to shore up my property by building a retaining wall; pro...

I am the landlord of a commercial property in Broward County, Florida, that is in foreclosure, but has not been taken by the bank yet. I want to give the tenants notice to vacate....

My lease expired on 1/31/12 & converted to a month to month agreement with the same terms of the lease. I was contacted a week ago requesting that I sign a new lease. I received ...

I am renting a house in Richland County, SC. The central air conditioning has been non- functional for two weeks now. We let the landlord know within 24 hours. We have ceiling fans...

My uncle & Aunt are 6 months into a one year rental lease. they have been offer an apartment for much less money than they are presently paying under the one year lease. how can t...

How long are the SEllers Disclosures good for once delivered to Buyer...