Real Estate Law

You have a home that you rent out to residential tenants. For the past year or so, you’ve had a single tenant living in the home. When you stop by one day, though, there’s a family of four living in the house. As it turns out, your tenant got a job offer in another...

When you buy a home, your new property is like a blank canvas, full of potential. Your home is an opportunity for expression, exploration and personalization. Unfortunately, the house may not be in the condition that you expected when you actually move in. There could...

Many assume that the real estate closing process is relatively standard, but that's not the case. The process for a commercial property is often more complicated than the residential one as it involves more money exchanging hands. Government regulators require...

Recapture clauses are common in commercial leases. This type of clause allows a landlord to end the lease prior to its expiration and reclaim the property under certain circumstances. Those circumstances, or triggering events, need to be spelled out in the lease. What...

There are all kinds of reasons that tenants may seek to terminate their commercial leases early. Sometimes a better location comes along and it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the business or the business simply outgrows its current space. Other times, economic...

Not all pieces of real estate are easy to access and use. In some cases, you will need to secure an easement in order to access a piece of property with no road frontage, connect to utilities or otherwise make the best possible use of a piece of land. Many people...

Landlord-tenant law can vary quite a bit from state to state, but California is fairly “tenant-friendly” in its terms. New changes to the laws regarding rentals make it even more so. In general, landlords are limited in how much of a security deposit they can demand...

It can be hard to move into a space and realize that you don’t know the exact boundary of your property. Alternatively, perhaps you know what the boundary is, but your neighbor keeps going over it and pushing in further onto your property. When there is a boundary...

As a homeowner’s association board member, you have a duty to ensure that the property owners are in compliance with the terms that the HOA sets. When a person purchases a property within the area that’s governed by the HOA, they’re agreeing to abide by the terms. Of...

California has some of the highest rents in the nation, and San Diego is one of the most popular cities in the state. Tenants struggling to make ends meet because of the unpredictable events of the year so far will likely feel relieved to hear that Gov. Gavin Newsom...