by Howard C. Stross | Oct 21, 2013 | Real Estate Closings
As a Florida estate planning attorney and a board certified real estate law attorney, sometimes people ask me to draft a deed to add someone as a co-owner with rights of survivorship or draft a Lady Bird Deed to avoid probate. Changing real estate ownership should not... 
by Howard C. Stross | Oct 30, 2012 | Real Estate Closings, Asset Protection, Real Estate
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the name of the federal agency that has proposed the questionable rule discussed in the last posting to this blog. At best, the proposed rule is misguided in calling Owner’s Title Insurance protection “optional”.... by Howard C. Stross | Oct 26, 2012 | Real Estate Closings
[separator] There’s a new rule that is brewing in Washington D. C. While agencies are simply people trying to do right for the consumer, this rule has a dark side. If the proposed rule is approved, it will have unintended, negative consequences. The proposed rule... by Howard C. Stross | Jun 12, 2012 | Real Estate Closings
Whether it concerns one’s estate plan or their real estate, it seems there is hardly a week that doesn’t go by without someone requesting that we prepare a deed to change the ownership of property from individual to multiple owners. In our last post, there is a... by Howard C. Stross | May 22, 2012 | Real Estate Closings
As a Florida estate planning attorney with a real estate attorney background, frequently I’m asked to change the ownership of real estate from an individual, or a married couple, to a joint ownership with “rights of survivorship” (“JTWRS”). Virtually every time the... by Dwayne Jotch | Feb 1, 2012 | Real Estate Closings
[separator] Strictly speaking the answer is “no”. In fact, others may advise this. However, as the sale or purchase of a home is such an important matter the answer should be “yes”, and retaining an attorney that specializes in residential real estate could be the...
