A few years back I wrote a post about the legal doctrine of Laches and how laches relates to real estate disputes. Since then, I consistently get a lot of hits on that post – and a lot of searches for “laches in real estate.” Why? I don’t know. Maybe because its an unfamiliar term, unless youContinue reading “Real Estate Law Update: A Discussion on Laches”
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Update on Community Development and Affordable Housing: Is an Answer Found in Social Enterprise?
Today the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund released its five year Strategic Plan If you are not familiar with the CDFI, the CDFI “works to spur economic growth and opportunity in many of our nation’s most distressed communities.“ “The CDFI Fund’s mission is to expand economic opportunity for underserved people and communities by supporting theContinue reading “Update on Community Development and Affordable Housing: Is an Answer Found in Social Enterprise?”
Real Estate Investors Bidding at Foreclosure Sale: If You Pay Less than owed on the Mortgage, there is no Surplus.
Real estate investors and lenders are under pressure to “get it right” when bidding at sheriff sales, especially in a market where good deals are getting harder to come by. Some lenders/investors have tried some creative methods of recovery and made some interesting legal arguments in order to maximize their profit at or after foreclosureContinue reading “Real Estate Investors Bidding at Foreclosure Sale: If You Pay Less than owed on the Mortgage, there is no Surplus.”
Landlords, Investors, and Real Estate Contractors – Made the AG’s 2014 Top 10 Consumer Complaints.
Today the Michigan Attorney General’s office issued a press release – “Top Ten Consumer Complaints” – check it out here The State of Michigan Attorney General office’s consumer protection division provides consumers a forum to issue complaints against businesses that may have engaged in deceptive and unfair business practices against consumers. The AG’s office madeContinue reading “Landlords, Investors, and Real Estate Contractors – Made the AG’s 2014 Top 10 Consumer Complaints.”
Churches and Real Estate Law: Leaving a Denomination can be Expensive.
About a year ago I wrote a post about Messy Legal Issues Involving Church Property – you can see it here My article was really a comment on the unique manner in which Michigan law views real estate disputes when churches decide to leave a denomination. – in a nutshell, Michigan law looks at how the churchContinue reading “Churches and Real Estate Law: Leaving a Denomination can be Expensive.”
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