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Most people are interested in protecting their wealth for the sake of their loved ones after they are gone. When a loved one dies, even in the best of circumstances, the events can be overwhelming to process. We all could use a reprieve from the added stresses that can tag along, like the sticker shock from funeral expenses and the …
Texas has very complicated homestead laws intended to protect individuals against “accidental” homelessness. There are very few ways a lien can be placed on a homestead, and each way is spelled out in the Texas Constitution. If you are a banker, homeowner, or work at a title company, you may have heard of the twin issues of “overburdening” the homestead …
Ready for the Summer real estate selling season? Here is a frequently asked question that has risen to the top: How do you get rid of restrictive covenants or make changes to existing restrictions against property which are detrimental to a sale? Like all good lawyer answers, it depends! Without any statement in the restrictions themselves about how to terminate or change …
It is sometimes advantageous to finance the sale of your own residential property. There are both Texas and Federal laws which may apply to your sale, however. The Federal Dodd-Frank Act, which requires “loan originators” to be licensed, applies only to consumer buyers, so loans secured by vacant land, commercial properties, rental properties or properties used for investment purposes are …
There’s a new entity structure in town taking real estate investors by storm: a Series Limited Liability Company. Series LLCs are great vehicles for real estate investments, although they may be used for other purposes too. The entity structure enables the organizers to have a single, filed LLC with the Texas Secretary of State, and also have separate, but associated, …