By Michael Estrin of Bankrate.com “You dream of taking ownership of a vacant home by living in it. Then legal reality sets in. Describing himself as a “savvy investor,” a man used an arcane property-law doctrine known as adverse possession to squat in a vacant Dallas-area home. Kenneth Robinson’s gambit cost him $16 in filing fees paid to theRead more
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By joncoats | Business Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law | Comments are Closed | 29 May, 2013 | 3
By joncoats | Business Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 29 May, 2013 | 3
The neighbors are outraged, but the Texas resident says his takeover is legal and will eventually give him title to the suburban Dallas home. By Teresa at MSN Real Estate “We all dream of scoring a great deal on a house. But a $330,000 house for $16? Kenneth Robinson of the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound, Texas,Read more
By joncoats | Business Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Florida Law, Foreclosure Law, Loan Modification, Mortgages, Real Estate Law, Short Sale, Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 5 April, 2013 | 1
By ILYCE GLINK / MONEYWATCH/ (MoneyWatch) So-called zombie homes are appearing on the real estate market, but they’re not built to keep out the walking dead. Hundreds of thousands of homes in the U.S. are now labeled as “zombie” foreclosures. That’s when the owner of a foreclosed home leaves only to find out years later that heRead more