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- 8/29/2008 - Real Estate News
Don't let home inspector out of your sight
Q: In as much as there are a great number of current issues regarding disclosure to the purchaser of real property, when, if ever, is it going to be the responsibility of the purchaser to investigate particular items of relevance to them? --George D. A... - 8/29/2008 - Real Estate News
Urban planning's future: people, not cars
What's an architect doing writing about cars, anyway? I always get indignant e-mails asking me this whenever I criticize some aspect of our autocentric society -- whether it's our parking-obsessed city planning, our mania for fruitless road widening and... - 8/29/2008 - Real Estate News
Can condo board restrict rentals?
Q: If a condominium declaration does not expressly disallow restrictions on the rental of units, can an association pass rules and regulations restricting the right to rent units? The declaration is silent on the matter. We live in Chicago. A: If a con... - 8/28/2008 - Real Estate News
Tenant suffers damages in plumbing remodel
Q: Recently, my apartment building management decided to replace the pipes with new copper piping. Upon completion of the job, my apartment was a mess. There was plaster everywhere and some personal items in my apartment were damaged. What is the responsi... - 8/28/2008 - Real Estate News
Homeowners, is your estate planning in order?
Consumer and bankruptcy attorney John Ventura begins his newest book talking about how we spend most of our waking hours either working to earn money or thinking about what we'll do with it: spend it, save it or invest it. And then there are those folks... - 8/28/2008 - Real Estate News
Employer willing to buy out tenant's lease
Q: I have a tenant who recently signed a two-year lease for my rental home. She just contacted me indicating that she has been approached by her employer about transferring to another city for a promotion with the company. She wanted me to voluntarily ... - 8/27/2008 - Real Estate News
Refi canceled after surprise changes
Q: I was going to refinance the loan on my house. The day I was going to go to the office to sign the closing papers, I asked again what the loan amount and monthly payment would be. Well, it had changed and was higher than what I was told originally. ... - 8/27/2008 - Real Estate News
Don't rely on agent's choice for loan, title services
Real estate agents are clearly the most influential persons in every real estate transaction and their power is not reserved for buyers and sellers -- it extends to all professionals involved. That position of influence becomes magnified in a slower h... - 8/26/2008 - Real Estate News
Home inspection nightmare: Attic access denied
DEAR BARRY: When we bought our home, the sellers prevented our home inspector from inspecting the attic. They simply told him that there was no access, and he merely confirmed this in his inspection report. We later discovered that the access was on th... - 8/25/2008 - Real Estate News
Not married? Buy home as tenants in common
DEAR BENNY: My daughter and her boyfriend are thinking about buying a house and she is putting more of a down payment than he. Is this a good idea? --Doug DEAR DOUG: I don't see any real problem with this arrangement, so long as your daughter and her f...