| Common Areas |
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| With various forms of property ownership, including condominiums and timeshares, property owners become liable for common area maintenance fees. Such fees vary widely from property to property. In fact, common area maintenance fees can be quite expensive. Hence, it is an important area of consideration for all property owners and prospective property owners. More... |
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| Eminent Domain/Condemnation |
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| Eminent Domain is the right that a governmental entity has to take private property and to use it for public purposes. More... |
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| Self-Help Remedy for Encroachment by Neighbor's Trees |
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| A property owner may cut back branches and roots that stray onto his or her property. The right of self-help, as it is called, is not found in state law; however, it derives from the common law. More... |
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| Pre-Closing Occupancy |
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| In the real estate market, it is not uncommon for a buyer to ask for permission from a seller to move into a house prior to closing. It may be that the house involved in the transaction is vacant. It may also be that the buyer has sold his or her house and needs to vacate the old house prior to the closing on the new house. More... |
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| Sharecropping |
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| Generally speaking, the term "sharecropping" refers to an between a property owner and another person whereby the property owner hires the other person to farm the property owner's land. In exchange for the person's labors, the person is entitled to receive a share of the crop or harvest. Over the years, however, many different forms of sharecropping arrangements have been developed between parties.
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