Buying a home is a complex transaction with high stakes involved, especially considering New Jersey’s soaring home prices. With the myriad of costs, details, and potential pitfalls that come with purchasing a home, a strong real estate attorney will ensure that your best interests are being looked after.
Beware of solicitations for the retrieval of your Deed, Mortgage or other filed documents. It has become more common for companies throughout the United States to solicit new home buyers and individuals who have recently transferred the Deeds on their property to utilize their services for the retrieval of the documents.
As a landlord, you have an expectation that the tenant will pay their rent on time. Often times it is imperative that the tenant do so in order for you, as owner of the rental, to pay the mortgage and/or taxes on that property.
What can you do if your tenant continuously pays their rent after the due date? Can you evict them for violation of the lease terms? The answer is yes.
New Jersey is one of only two states that collect both an inheritance tax and estate tax at the time of the transfer of assets upon an individual’s passing. However, on October 14, 2016, Governor Christie signed a bill increasing the exemption amount for payment of estate tax for one year and thereafter, for a total elimination of the estate tax.
A Hoboken woman is probably having a good week, after finally getting the go-ahead from the NJ Supreme Court to evict tenants of a converted garage she was renting and move in herself. The unanimous court ruling determined that even a liberal reading of New Jersey State’s renter-friendly Anti-Evictiona Act still allows Cashin to expel the current tenants, Marisela Bello and her son, Martino Bello.
Contrary to popular belief, a sheriff’s sale of your home is not the end of the road for you to retain ownership of your real estate. There are a few techniques you can use in saving your home after a sheriff’s sale.
To continue with our weekly blog entry explaining the firm’s specialty areas of law, this week’s focus will be on real estate law. At the Law Offices of Gruber, Colabella, and Liuzza, we offer a myriad of legal services to meet the needs of private individuals, business, and developers.