A Florida woman is in a tussle with her neighborhood’s homeowners association over the butterfly garden in her front yard. The woman, from Pensacola, is a retired teacher who said she has had a butterfly garden in her front yard for about six years. She told a local TV station that she nurtures caterpillars and […]
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A 72-year-old man is locked in a battle with town officials in Redington Shores, Florida, over zoning on his property. He said he has owned the 1,200-foot Redington Long Pier since 2000, but it is in dire need of repair. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection told him it was unsafe, so he closed it. […]
The decision to buy a piece of real estate may be a decision that involves hundreds of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you have agreed to buy real estate and later changed your mind, you probably want to do everything you can to get out of the agreement. Ultimately, it depends on several factors whether […]
Purchasing real estate is a big expense. It is imperative that you have everything in order when you make this purchase. One thing to remember is the importance of some of the paperwork in these cases. We recently discussed some of the disclosures that are required in Florida. When any requisite disclosures are missing, there […]
When a seller is looking to generate interest in their property, they often make concessions to move the process along. They may offer to make repairs or to upgrade appliances, to pay closing costs or homeowners’ association fees or offer a home warranty. Others simply competitively price their homes. While these can help get a […]
A Florida man has been sued by his neighbors, who claim he has neglected to maintain his four-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Jacksonville, according to media reports. The man, 63, gained possession of the 3,048-square-foot golf course community home, which is worth an estimated $615,000, when he and his ex-wife divorced in 2014. The neighborhood property […]
The U.S. Federal government is seeking to seize the “Porsche Design Tower,” a condominium in Sunny Isle Beach, that’s been embroiled in a billion-dollar Venezuelan money laundering scandal. According to federal prosecutors, the real estate project has played a pivotal role in a massive scheme to siphon money from Venezuela’s government-run oil enterprise, PDVSA, and […]
Knowing that you’ll be going through a foreclosure can bring on a lot of stress before you even start the process. Once it gets underway, that stress only increases. This is a complex legal process, it has a drastic impact on your life and it all stems from financial trouble that was stressful enough to […]
If you’re involved in a real estate litigation dispute, there’s probably a lot of money at stake. For this reason, you may want to look into your options for legal representation to increase your chances of defending your rights to achieving a favorable result. At Frese Whitehead & Anderson, PA, we assist litigants in every […]
The laws that govern a homeowners’ association are often very limiting for the individuals who spent good money on their property. These HOAs have to do what they feel is best for all members of the association, but there are times when this can seriously limit the freedoms that each homeowner should have. We recently […]
