Serving Your Client
By Jayson Schwarz LLM and Razik Sarsam CPA. CA As most files that come across our desks are multifaceted, in writing this article we chose to lay out a common…
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Understanding Your Contract
By: Laas Hess JD and Jayson Schwarz LLM You have won the bidding war on the home of your dreams; you have secured financing; you are ready to close and…
Rental Applications – When Can Landlords Retain Deposits?
By: Konstantine Chatzidimos and Jayson Schwarz LLM Introduction Many of us rent our homes. One of the big questions we might have is when a Landlord can keep your deposit…
Commercial Real Estate Financing Considerations
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM and Konstantine Chatzidimos Introduction If you are reading this article you may just be considering acquiring a commercial property, i.e., an office building, manufacturing/warehouse facility, apartment building,…
Surviving Closing
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM It is rare that a commercial property transaction ever closes without some issue or many issues arising to stand in the way of business. Even the…
Tenant Default . . .What Can a Commercial Landlord Do?
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM You have signed a 5 year lease with a new tenant. His credit checked out, he did improvements and all is good. Suddenly, two years…
I Want to Buy a Business – What do I do?
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM Ok, so you have decided to purchase a commercial building, a restaurant, a dry cleaner, a franchise, a business and you have never owned a business…
Buying Someone Else’s Disaster
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM I cannot count the number of times people have asked me if I know how they can buy foreclosure property or power of sale deals. “You…
Inheriting Tenants – More Than You Bargained For
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM Usually a home or property inspector can give you a good idea of the condition of the real estate you are buying. Unfortunately, the one thing an…
Construction Liens: A Primer
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM and Konstantine Chatzidimos If you construct or renovate a property you should know about construction liens and how they can affect real estate. A lien is,…
Negotiating a Commercial Agreement – Do I Need a Lawyer?
By: Jayson Schwarz LLM and Konstantine Chatzidimos Anyone who has purchased an existing business can appreciate the financial risks associated with such a venture: start-up outlays of capital can…