The dumb agent rule
This article discusses the general duty the seller’s broker owes buyers when marketing one-to-four unit residential property, and how the primary duty of the buyer’s broker to his client goes beyond mere property...
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Direct deeding in delayed §1031 transactions
This article addresses the proper method for conveying properties in a two-step §1031 transaction. The normal method of conveyancing An owner of real estate held for investment or for productive use in a trade or business...
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When her mother died in May of 1905, Anna Jarvis asked the minister at her church in West Virginia to give a special sermon on Sunday in her mother’s memory. The minister obliged with a Mother’s Day service to honor...
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How does the Fed decide the appropriate setting for the policy instrument? Editor’s note — The following is the fourth part in a four-part series. Special thanks to the editorial staff at the FRBSF Economic Letter for...
Read MoreThe purchase and control of the §1031 replacement property
This article explains the control an investor may assert over the purchase and improvement of replacement property needed to complete a §1031 transaction. Conduct ancillary to direct deeding In a delayed §1031 transaction, the...
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