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Scam Involving Sale of Vacant Lots is Back: Don’t Get Fooled Again!

By Melissa Jay Murphy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The FundOver the last few months, the Florida real estate industry has experienced an ever-increasing volume of sales and mortgages that...

Whose Land Is It Anyway? Heirs’ Property and Its Impact on Underserved Communities

By: Brenda Ezell, Esq., Jacksonville, Member of The FundBy now we have all heard the term “heirs’ property,” particularly since Florida’s enactment of the Uniform Partition of...

Cyber Fraud Continues to Strike The Closing Process

By: Michael Rothman, Senior Manager, Legal Education, Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, LLCRead on to learn what real estate agents need to consider. 

Foreign Investment in Florida Real Estate: What You Need to Know

By: Romy B. Jurado, Esq., Partner at Jurado & Farshchian, PL., and a Member of The FundThe Sunshine State has long been home to a large number of immigrants. Immigrants altogether make up more than...

My Favorite Uncle Retired to Florida and Here’s How I Helped

By: Michael Rothman, Esq.I heard from my favorite uncle last week. He’s found a property in Deerfield Beach, Florida, just up the road from where I am, and is ready to submit an offer to purchase....

PROBATE & HOMESTEAD: How Not to Let Them Derail Your Deal

By: Tony Lavargna, Esq., Lavargna Law, PLLC, Stuart, and a Member of The FundProbate can be a deadly word for real estate closings, but it doesn’t have to be. There are some initial aspects of Probate...

FR/BAR Contracts and Corona: How to Survive your COVID-Closing

By: Jared Gaylord, Esq., of Marc. R. Gaylord, P.A., Hobe Sound, FL and a Member of The FundUnfortunately, COVID-19 is here to stay. The global pandemic has touched every aspect of American life. Real estate...

How Can Digital Real Estate Closings Help Your Business Grow?

By: Jordan Lulich, Esquire at Lulich Attorneys & Consultants and Member of The FundDon’t judge a book by its cover. While for many, digital real estate closings seem like a daunting service to...

Keeping Pace with P.A.C.E. Loans

By Charles D. Nostra, Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, LLCAs we discussed a few months ago Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans, which are used to make certain qualifying energy efficiency and...

Say Hello to RON (and Goodbye to Mailaway Closings)

By Michael Rothman, Esq., The Fund’s Legal Education ManagerEvery real estate professional involved in a transaction with an out-of-town seller can relate to the dread of opening a FedEx envelope...

What Happens to the Funds in Escrow if Your Deal Falls Through?

By: Sebastian Jaramillo, Partner at Wolfe Pincavage LLP and Member of The Fund Even though we are in the business of getting transactions closed and funded; on occasion, the deal falls through and we are...

Does Paragraph 5(a)of the FR/Bar Contract Always Protect Your Buyer if Lender Is Not Ready to Close?

By: Michael G. Salmon, Managing Attorney at SalmonLaw PLLC and Member of The FundLiquidated damages ensure that earnest money deposits are central elements of real estate transactions utilizing the FAR/Bar...


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The opinions of any particular author are not necessarily the opinions of Attorneys' Real Estate Councils of Florida any of the local Real Estate Councils or Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, LLC.