Seattle – A 52-year-old Seattle-area man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 6 years in prison for his schemes involving the illegal manufacturing of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Raymond Ng engaged in conspiracies to facilitate illegal marijuana grows in residential neighborhoods, and to launder […]
Real Estate Law
How to choose a title company for your real estate closing
Placeholder while article actions load Most people buy or sell only a few homes during their lifetime, so they’re not likely to have a title company to handle their closing on speed dial. While finding a trustworthy and knowledgeable lender and real estate agent are usually at the top of […]
Ex-City Real Estate Volunteer: ‘I Wasn’t Their Representative’
A prominent commercial real estate broker who once described himself as a volunteer helping the city tackle its downtown real estate woes testified under oath last week that former Mayor Kevin Faulconer and his chief of staff agreed he could seek a seven-figure payment for his work on a city […]
Bidens FY2023 Budget and Treasuries Green Book Released
On March 28, 2022, President Biden released his FY2023 budget (the “FY2023 Budget”), and the U.S. Treasury released the so-called “Green Book,” which provides details related to the revenue provisions in the FY2023 Budget. The revenue proposals in the FY2023 Budget rely on a baseline that generally presumes the enactment […]
Learn how real estate probate works
What you need to know about real estate probate When the owner of a home or other type of property passes away, their will typically dictates who will inherit the real estate or what will happen to it. Even if a property is handed down in someone’s will — and […]
What Is Fee Simple Defeasible?
In a real estate transaction, there are several ways to protect a seller’s interests — but not all of them carry the same legal weight. Fee simple is a legal term regarding property ownership. There are different types of fee simple ownership, one of which is fee simple defeasible. This […]
The Harlem investor in the Benjamin campaign finance scheme
Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock Lieutenant Governor Brian A. Benjamin resigned this afternoon, just hours after he was arrested and charged in Manhattan federal court with bribery, fraud, and falsification of records in connection with his unsuccessful 2021 run for New York City comptroller. The indictment accuses Benjamin of conspiring “to direct […]
Oregon’s Real Estate’s Love letter Ban Cannot Be Enforced
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 After becoming the first state to ban real estate “love letters,” Oregon’s novel law has been found to violate the First Amendment and enjoined from enforcement by a federal Court in Oregon. Total Real Estate Group v. Strode, No. 3:21-cv-01677 (D. Or. Mar. 3, 2022). In a constitutional […]
Silver Lining to Deflating Housing Market Bubble – Real Estate Legal Blogs Posted by Roy D. Oppenheim
Various economists are predicting that the home price growth will slow down. If this does not happen, home purchase prices will go further out of reach for homebuyers that the housing market overall will overheat. Already there is far more demand than supply, and far less affordable homes in reach […]
What Is Fee Simple In Real Estate?
In real estate transactions you may hear the term “fee simple” used. Though it may sound anything but simple, it is actually not difficult to understand. Fee simple applies to ownership of land and is the dominant form of ownership in the United States. Most homes purchased in the U.S. […]