Contracts are a central part of business, but there are times when companies don’t follow the terms of the contract. This puts the other party in a precarious position because they might not want to have to take legal action to have the terms of the agreement enforced, but they need to know that the […]
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Each year across Florida, countless homeowners hire contractors to perform home repairs after a hurricane has passed. While there are many trustworthy contractors out there who do a good job, there are just as many bad ones who rush in to help. While there’s no one approach to use to pick a reputable contractor, the […]
In business, time often equals money. Companies are often motivated to quickly close on the commercial properties that they want to buy because the sooner that they do, the sooner that it is that they can start generating much-needed cash to begin paying off their investment. This is perhaps one of the reasons that Florida […]
Would you go online, fill out some information about your home, accept an offer and move? A number of Florida residents are doing just that, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. They’ve decided to skip the traditional way of selling their home – cleaning, listing with an agent, cleaning some more and holding […]
Your home is your castle. Before hiring a building contractor, you probably dreamed of ways to improve your house. If your vision does not line up with the contractor’s results, you may need to act quickly to save money, protect your legal rights and find someone to do the job correctly. As their name suggests, […]
Contracts are not meant to be broken, and the act of putting the contract in place should perform as a deterrent so that disputes can be avoided in the future. When the terms of a contract are applied to real-life situations, it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a contract has, in fact, been […]
Trusts are useful tools for people to distribute assets after they pass away. The trusts holds the assets, which are managed by a trustee. For the most part, there isn’t much that can be done when heirs don’t agree with the terms of the trust; however, there are some situations that might require legal action. […]
You have a physician whom you’ve invested a lot of time and energy in recruiting and training. Maybe you’ve built your facility’s reputation on the expertise or experience that they bring to the table. It can be difficult to let them go. However, if they breach the terms of their contract, it may be warranted. […]
An executive in the Florida title insurance industry has cautioned buyers of commercial properties that the risk of cyberfraud in commercial real estate deals is growing. Fraudsters now seek to profit from larger deals than home sales. Residential real estate previously had been the target. Here’s how the scam works. Someone could pretend to be […]
Ten South Florida residents have filed complaints with the state attorney general’s office against a large home improvement provider. The residents contend they were misled about the purchase price of things such as air conditioners and maintenance agreements, as well as the options they had to pay for them. Because they dispute the charges, at […]
