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Once more into the unavoidable void

Purchase-offer contracts are documents that gain life once the last required signature is affixed.

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Buyers may need to include a lawyer-review contingency

Buying property used to involve a buyer, a seller and a couple of pieces of paper.

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What does a real-estate lawyer do for a seller?

In most real-estate sales, the lawyer representing the seller has an easier job than the individual representing the buyer.

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What does a buyer want his real-estate lawyer to do?

Most buyers talk to the real-estate lawyer representing them only after they have signed a contract to purchase property. I’ve always found that odd, like putting the horse behind the cart.

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The “Entire Agreement” may not mean the entire agreement

A standard feature in real-estate contracts is a section called, Entire Agreement. Also referred to as the merger clause, it provides something like the following:

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