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Be careful when buying family land

Jun 15, 2010 3 Comments

A typical pattern of land division in rural areas is for property to be divided among children following the death of their parents.

When should you ignore the advice of advisors you’ve hired?

Sep 15, 2009 2 Comments

In a previous column, I described a situation where a young couple allowed themselves to be swept along in the emotion of buying a farm to the extent that they ignored their lawyer’s advice to secure an access easement before closing.

Buyers may need to include a lawyer-review contingency

Jun 24, 2009 6 Comments

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

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

May 27, 2009 0 Comments

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

How does a buyer scope a real-estate lawyer?

May 19, 2009 0 Comments

Let’s assume a buyer has turned up two or three names of local lawyers in an unfamiliar county in which he’s searching for country property, broadly defined.