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Florida Real Estate Case Law Review

Residential Restrictive Covenant – Neighbor Veto Leamer v. White,40 Fla. L. Weekly D283 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)   The Whites and the Leamers lived in adjoining luxury Florida waterfront townhomes. The Florida townhomes are subject to a declaration of covenants, conditions, restrictions and easements. The restriction that

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Florida Real Estate Case Law Review

Beltway Capital, LLC v. The Greens COA, Inc., 39 Fla. L. Weekly D2540 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)   Beltway filed a mortgage foreclosure suit on a condo unit, naming the unit owner and the condo association. Beltway purchased the unit at the foreclosure sale. The condo association

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Florida Closing Costs

When purchasing a home in Miami or anywhere else in South Florida there are numerous fees, costs and expenses which get allocated between the buyer and the seller on the closing statement (or HUD-1 Settlement Statement). These items are called closing costs and are typically allocated according

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Florida Dragnet Lending Clauses

Due to the commercial real estate market in Florida, we have seen an increase in loan workouts/modifications and foreclosures involving commercial real estate in recent years. One clause that all Florida lenders and/or Florida commercial real estate land owners should be aware of is the dragnet clause

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