Real estate is one of the biggest assets in an individual’s financial portfolio. When you are ready to act, you want qualified, competent representation. Our experienced real estate team provides that and is ready, willing and able to help you with your real estate matters:
- Adverse Possession (Squatters Rights)
- Construction Disbursements
- Easements & License Agreements
- Family Trusts and Land LLCs/LLPs
- Joint-Ownership Agreements
- Landlord Representation
- Leases
- Mechanic’s Liens
- Options & Rights of First Refusal
- Owner Financing
- Contracts for Deeds / Installment Contracts
- Notes and Mortgages
- Probate Transfers & Disputes
- Property Line Disputes
- Purchase Agreements – Residential and Commercial
- Purchases
- Quiet Title Actions
- Refinances
- Sales
- Title Insurance
- Title Opinions
- Transfer on Death Deeds
- Well Agreements
Selling Steps
Now that you and your buyer have agreed to a purchase price and have handled the negotiation of terms, we are happy to draw up a purchase agreement to memorialize the terms. Please provide us with the terms by completing the form Information Needed for Purchase Agreement.
Once you have a signed purchase agreement, there are a few things that need to occur prior to closing.
If you are in possession of the abstract to your property, we can pass that along to your buyer. Please deliver it to our office so we can use it to assist in the title examination.
Loan Payoffs must be ordered*.
If there are loans on your property they must be paid off at closing. To do this we need to order payoff statements from your lenders. Please provide:
- Social Security numbers
- Loan Numbers, and a recent statement (if available)
- Please request your lender to provide our office with a payoff and close the account by completing the form Authorization to Release Payoff.
*Loan payoffs are generally ordered one to two weeks prior to closing. Your payoff will be sent out the day of closing. If you make a payment very close to the closing date, a new payoff may need to be ordered resulting in additional fax charges assessed by your lender.
You must sign the Sale Documents. You will need to make an appointment to sign your documents prior to closing.
Once you sign the sale documents, they will be exchanged for your buyer’s purchase money on the date of closing. A check for your net proceeds, after loan payoffs and closing costs, will be available shortly after closing. You may pick up this check at our office, have it mailed to you, or if you leave a deposit ticket for a local bank, we can deposit the funds for you.
We thank you again for the opportunity to be of service.