Category: Real Estate

When a landlord’s tenants are no longer paying rent or are conducting themselves in a manner that violates their rental agreement, eviction may be necessary. If you are a landlord and find yourself in this situation, here is how you should prepare for an eviction lawsuit.  Don’t Do it on Your Own

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest financial decisions that you will likely ever make. For that reason, it should be taken very seriously. Unfortunately, if you don’t have a plan ahead of time it can be quite easy to make a big mistake that may impact your financial health for...

Buying a piece of real estate can be a really exciting – yet stressful – time. When you have made an offer on a property in Rhode Island and the seller has accepted it, it’s not the end of the process. Between the time that the contract has been accepted and the...

When you purchase a home, there are certain expectations that you have regarding its safety. That’s why buyers in Rhode Island have protections from loss if the home is not only unsafe but also defective or has additional unforeseen issues that require resolution.  The buyer can look to the purchase contract...

Choosing to buy a home is one of the biggest decisions you can make and you want to go about it the right way. That’s where a closing attorney comes into play. He or she can assist you with dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s in order to ensure that...

Before buying your first investment property, there are three key considerations that will improve your odds of successfully building a robust and cash flowing real estate portfolio. These three key tips for first-time investment property buyers are: Make sure your personal debts are manageable. One of the major advantages of real...

Real estate as an asset class does not provide exceptional, life-changing returns on its own. For many, the 3-8% return is simply not enough to justify the investment. Given real estate investing considerations such as low liquidity, concentration risk, and ongoing management demands, many investors may prefer to simply buy publicly traded...

Real estate investors frequently cite depreciation as one of the major benefits of owning investment real estate. However, if you’re unfamiliar with real estate investing or accounting, you may have questions such as “what is depreciation?” and “what are the benefits?” We hope that the below sections provide insight into depreciation...

If you own real estate and have a mortgage, you have undoubtedly been exposed to title insurance. Even if you have never purchased real estate, you have likely heard of title insurance – whether seeing title insurance agencies or hearing “title insurance” in passing. Despite the ubiquity of title insurance, many...

Reverse mortgages have gained and waned in popularity over the years. While you may not understand how reverse mortgages work, you may remember the many celebrities who have been featured in reverse mortgage commercials, including Tom Selleck, Henry Winkler (“The Fonz”), and Jerry Orbach from Law & Order. Reverse mortgages...

While condos and homeowners’ associations (“HOA”) are quite common, co-operatives are less common and often misunderstood. Many readers may be asking themselves how these three are different. While all three achieve similar goals of ensuring a quality living experience for residents and owners, the ownership structures and related peculiarities are tremendously...