Residential Real Estate
We’ll Make You Feel Right at Home! Unlike a real estate agent who may have a financial interest in both the purchase and sale of a property, SARAGA & LIPSHY, P.A. only represents one party…you! If you’re buying or selling residential property, you can count on SARAGA & LIPSHY to provide you with all of the value-added services you’ll need to ensure a successful closing, including:
- Real Estate Planning
- Real Estate Contracts
- Real Estate Title Insurance
- Real Estate Valuation
- Real Property
- Residential Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate Development
- Drafting of Contracts and Leases
- Property Leasing
- Landlord and Tenant Issues
- Title Insurance
- Residential Mortgages
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Condominium Association Law
- Homeowners Association Law
When you partner with SARAGA & LIPSHY early in the homebuying process, you’ll have direct access to all of the value-added transactional law services necessary to ensure a successful closing. And the earlier in the process you involve our firm (e.g., pre-contract signing), the more value you gain. One of the greatest benefits of using an attorney is that we have an ethical obligation to work on behalf of your best interest.
Plus, the lawyers at SARAGA & LIPSHY, P.A. are versed in Florida real estate law and will either personally perform or make sure the following procedures are completed in a timely, professional manner:
- Review the contract to ensure that all provisions and contingencies are in your best interest.
- Legal consultation
- Inform you of your legal rights and obligations.
- Obtain a title search, evaluate the status of the title and require appropriate legal remedies to clear any defects.
- Advise you on what the title policy does not protect against, emphasizing marketability of the title when you sell.
- Prepare or review the closing statement and other closing documents, and let you know about seller contingencies that can affect your interests.
- Interpret and counsel you about all legal documents related to the title and transaction, including deeds, mortgages and closing statements.
- Advise you on how you should take the title to the home, and how this affects your overall business and personal estate.
- Check for unrecorded municipal liens, including sewer and special assessment liens.
- Prepare a bill of sale to cover any personal property such as curtains and appliances that you and the seller agree shall remain in the home.
- Inform you about the income, estate, and gift tax consequences to your estate.
- Provide you with title insurance and appropriate title insurance coverage.
DETAILS, DETAILS.
The lawyers at SARAGA & LIPSHY can answer a lot of nitty-gritty questions, including some very important ones that you may or may not know to ask:
- What are my income tax and estate tax consequences?
- What do I need to know about Florida property taxes, zoning or special assessments?
- How will I handle probate issues?
- How can I simplify a future sale?
- Is the property's recorded legal description accurate?
- Will I be able to use the property as I wish?
- Will the title to the property be marketable if I decide to sell or refinance later?
Best of all, SARAGA & LIPSHY can handle your title insurance, and our fees are comparable to those charged by title companies. However, we can also perform vital services that title companies simply do not offer, including:
- Preparing your purchase contract.
- Resolving any title or inspection issues.
- Providing you with expert legal advice and guidance.
- Represent you in a disputed matter.
A title agency unaffiliated with a real estate lawyer cannot do any of those things.