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April 11, 2016
Caveat (Property) Manager
and real estate as an investment is a lot more attractive. Before you rush to form your “Property Management LLC” company, however, caveat manager.
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April 4, 2016
Ohio UCC Provision Re: Constructive Notice Applies to All Recorded Mortgages, Even With Defective Acknowledgement
the Ohio Supreme Court decided In re Messer, Slip Opinion No 2016-Ohio-510, which addresses the application of ORC 1301.401 to recorded mortgages that
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March 28, 2016
CLE Update: Upcoming CLE Seminars in Ohio
As we come out of hibernation and head into the spring of 2016, there are many new real estate related continuing education offerings
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March 21, 2016
Real Estate Tax Valuations — A Recent Sales Price Does Not Always Control
A prior sale price is typically the basis for a real property valuation but not always. A couple of recent decisions issued by the Ohio Supreme Court.
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March 14, 2016
Real Estate Legislation: House Bill 77 & More Introduced in the Ohio Legislature
Recent bills of the 131st General Assembly are pending in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate related to real property are as follows.
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March 7, 2016
Real Estate 101: Termination of Easements by the Doctrine of Merger
When a property owner holds an easement on neighboring property and later acquires title to that neighboring property, the easement automatically terminates
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February 29, 2016
Hindsight is not 20/20 when Interpreting Liquidated Damages Clauses in Public Contracts
Reasonable, per diem liquidated damages set at the outset are likely to be enforceable, even if they total, at the end, a disproportionate amount
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February 22, 2016
“Spear Phishing”: An Increasing Threat to Real Estate Transactions
With the increase in spear phishing, all parties to a real estate transaction needs to up their game to avoid become the victim
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February 15, 2016
IF THE FORM DOES NOT FIT, YOU MUST ALTER IT (#4)
The inherent problem with the “standard form”, however is that there is little that is standard about a real estate transaction.
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February 8, 2016
New Survey Standards Take Effect On February 23, 2016
New ALTA/NSPS (fka AlTA/ACSM) standards were adopted and take effect on this month on February 23rd. The new survey standards replace ALTA/ACSM standards
