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Real Estate

Closings, title questions, deeds and property agreements, reviewed while there is still time to change something.

Buying, selling or transferring property is one of the larger decisions most people make, and it turns almost entirely on whether the paperwork is right.

We review the contract and the title, answer your questions before you sign, and make sure the closing does what everyone thinks it does.

Most of our real-estate work is preventive. The point is to find the problem while it is still a question rather than after it has become somebody's lawsuit.

What we handle

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  • Purchase and sale contracts, reviewed before signature
  • Title review, and clearing title problems
  • Deeds, transfers between family members, and life estates
  • Easements, access and boundary questions
  • Residential and small commercial closings
  • Landlord and tenant matters for small property owners

How it usually goes

  • Send us the contractIdeally before you sign it. If you have already signed, send it anyway and we will tell you where you stand.
  • We read the fine printContingencies, deadlines, what happens to the deposit, and anything unusual buried in the addenda.
  • Title gets checkedWhat the record actually shows about the property, and whether anything on it needs clearing first.
  • Close with no surprisesDocuments reviewed, figures checked, and someone in your corner who has read all of it.

Common questions

A realtor represents the transaction closing. That is their job and a good one does it well, but the standard form still has blanks and addenda that shift real risk between the parties.

A short review before signature is inexpensive, and it is the only point at which the terms can still be changed.

Anything on the public record that clouds who owns what. An old mortgage never released, an heir who was never accounted for, an easement nobody mentioned, an error in a decades-old deed.

Most are fixable. They are only expensive when they surface the week of closing.

Yes, and these are worth doing carefully. A deed prepared casually can create tax consequences or unintended ownership that nobody discovers until years later.

We will also flag whether the transfer interacts with an estate plan, since the two often need to agree.

Before you sign anything, and earlier than you think. Once the contract is executed the room to negotiate has mostly closed.

If something has already gone sideways, call anyway. Knowing the actual position early is worth a great deal.

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