What to Know Before Signing a Lease
Regardless of whether you are the landlord or the tenant, it is a good idea to have an attorney review a lease document before you sign it. Even when you…
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Owners Associations = Endless Options
We often receive inquiries from owners in common interest communities (usually either condominiums or planned) inquiring “whether the association can do that?” Most are seeking an immediate answer. While there…
Loose Lips Still Sink Ships: Beware Waiving Protected Information through Electronic Communications
The ease and rapidity with which association members and managers can communicate with others in the social media age creates new challenges for guarding information that should remain protected for…
Can The State, County, City, Utilities Or Other Entities Take My Property?
The short answer to that question is generally, “yes.” Provisions of the Constitutions of the United States and of the state of North Carolina provide that under certain circumstances, private…
Broken Engagement: Who Keeps the Ring?
You may have known a couple who got engaged, only to have one party (or maybe both parties) get cold feet. When the wedding is called off, who gets the…
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth A Pound of Cure: Residential Construction Contracts
On average, we represent approximately 10 clients who are having disputes related to their signed residential construction contracts for every one who contacts us to review such contracts before they…