Real Estate
Mortgages 101: What Every Homebuyer Needs to Know
For most people, buying a home is a dream come true. From pondering floorplans to picking paint colors, shopping for your first home can be...
What is a Short Sale, and How Can It Help You?
Generally, people do not pay cash upfront for their first real estate purchase. Instead, most homes are purchased using a mortgage. Mortgages charge fees and...
How Hiring an Lawyer Can Save You Big on Closing Costs
The process of buying a house can be daunting. Beyond the emotional roller coaster of showings and offers, you must somehow walk the line between not getting...
What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Wholesaling
Wholesaling real estate has become increasingly popular over the past few years in Chicago, particularly the south side and around Cook, Kane and Dupage County...
Closing Costs May Add Unanticipated Expenses to Your Home Purchase
For many, purchasing a home is a lifelong dream. However, buying a house is a complicated undertaking that raises a great deal of legal and...
Short Sales and Foreclosures – Confusing Similarities and Critical Distinctions
Across America, real estate investors and home owners alike are making real estate purchases made possibly by our system of real estate financing and mortgages....
Entering a Commercial Lease? Get a Real Estate Lawyer
Starting a new business can be incredibly exciting. Entrepreneurs spend weeks, even months, hunting for facilities and equipment that are just right for their businesses. Typically, this...
The Benefits of Real Estate Law To Homeowners
For many people, homeownership is a great source of pride and joy. And why shouldn’t it be? In a society where real estate properties get...
What Happens When a Creditor Forecloses on Your Property?
We’ve all heard the phrase “foreclosure,” but do you know what it means, what it involves, and when it is triggered? Many homeowners do not,...
What Does it Mean if There is a Covenant on My Land?
When most people purchase property, they expect that they will be able to do whatever they want with the property. However, many people are surprised...
Buying a Property with a Pre-Existing Mortgage? Understand Your Options!
A large number of home sales in the United States are financed by mortgages, and when these homes go back onto the market many of...
I Want to Leave a Piece of Property to Multiple People. What Do I Need to Know?
During the estate planning process, many people decide they several people to benefit from the same piece of property, whether it is land, a house,...