For many property owners with a mortgage in negative equity, letting the home fall into foreclosure may seem like their only choice. But if you’re struggling to keep up with mortgage payments on a home that is worth less than what you owe, it’s important to know that you do have other options. Here are […]
If you discover that there is a surplus of proceeds from a foreclosure sale, according to Florida Statues 45.032 and 45.033, you have the opportunity to claim the extra money on a few conditions. The former property owner is entitled to the surplus money if he didn’t assign his rights to someone else between the […]
Per Florida law, property-owners must give tenants notice to vacate before carrying out an eviction. In Florida, the three-day Notice is the most commonly applied method of serving formal notice to evict when tenants have defaulted on their rent and Florida statute provides a strict format for what defines a legally sufficient three-day notice. Any […]
Florida law dictates that your landlord cannot alter your lease before it expires without a valid reason. Your lease is a legal, binding contract and save for special circumstances, if that contract is valid and has not expired, your landlord generally cannot force you to sign an agreement changing its current terms. As an example, […]
A title company holding escrow cannot refuse to release your buyer’s deposit if the seller has agreed to release and cancel the contract, and under the terms of that contract it is clear that the buyer is entitled to retrieve it. In real estate transactions, buyers are often expected to include an earnest money deposit […]