Boilerplate releases deserve some thought

What is a standard real-estate contract? It’s a term that’s widely used. When brokers list property for a seller, they provide potential buyers with a purchase-offer contract that was created for members of their local…

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Outbuildings are always good for something

Outbuildings are to country property as legs are to a centipede. Each functions better when all are in working order and you have some to spare.

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Warranties to survive closing?

A purchase-offer contract for real estate starts when the last required party signs the document, lasts for the escrow period and ends when the closing occurs.

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The Greatest Experience Of My Professional Lifetime…Teaching about Land

One off the greatest experience of my professional lifetime has been to teach the Realtors Land Institute’s “Land 101” class. For the last sixteen years, I have specialized in Land and Farms sales in the beautiful Piedmont Foothills of the North Carolina and the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Is rural America cursed with isolation?

I had a bit part 46 years ago in my high school’s senior class musical, “Brigadoon.” Since I can’t sing, dance or act, I was cast as a dry goods merchant.

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