By: Daniel Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL COURT APPOINTED RECEIVER OVER CONDO ASSOCIATION Granada Lakes Villas Condo Ass’n, Inc. v. Metro-Dade Investments Co., 74 So.3d 593 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011), app’d 38 Fla. L. Weekly S777 (Fla. 2013) The developer of a subdivision of…
By: Daniel Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Florida’s condominium laws change frequently and affect hundreds of thousands of unit owners in the process. During Florida’s last legislative session, the legislature enacted a number of changes to Chapter 718, Florida Statutes (Florida’s Condominium Law). The…
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Condominiums offer a long list of benefits to those who opt to reside in them. Condominium unit owners have the advantage of owning property without the hassle of property maintenance, repairs, and security concerns. Condos are…
By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL As the South Florida real estate market continues to heat up, construction disputes are once again becoming a common occurrence in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County. The Doctrine of Substantial Performance While a party’s legal rights…
By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Here is Part 2 of the new FAR-BAR Contract blog post: Buyer Closing Costs Paragraph 9(b) offers a list of closing costs to be paid by the buyer. The owner’s title policy premium has been added as…
By: Dan Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL The Florida BAR and Florida Association of Realtors recently adopted a new standard real estate contract. Because the new “FAR-BAR” contract will control the majority of residential real estate transactions in Florida, it is important to understand…
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Consider a scenario where you have been leasing a residential property in Miami on a month-to-month basis for a little over a year but would like the eventual opportunity to purchase the property. Over the course…
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL Given that there are literally tens of thousands of homeowners and condominium associations in South Florida, it is no wonder that purchasers of foreclosure properties in Miami-Dade and Broward County frequently have questions about whether they…
By: Daniel T. Pascale, Esq. Offices located in Delray Beach and Coral Gables, FL According to just released statistics, judges in Miami-Dade County have been processing residential foreclosure cases twice as fast as judges in Broward County. While Miami-Dade has South Florida’s largest number of foreclosures, the latest plan in…