Things to know about Home Insurance Understanding the Laws Surrounding Home Insurance To Better Protect Yourself When it comes to protecting your home - a house, condominium, apartment or cottage etc. – home insurance is a must. In fact, according to a poll in 2010, CBC found that most renters skip home insurance! [...]
Be Cautious With Private Mortgage Investments Private Mortgage Lending Can Be Risky If Not Managed Well! Lending money on a private mortgage can be a great investment. Investors can control their risk and have certainty on their interest rate. It is important to remember, though, that you have to ensure that you do [...]
What would you do if you had the world's worst neighbor? What if your next-door condo owner was so abrasive in her or his interactions with other owners in the building, that all efforts toward civil accord were futile? What if this owner had a lengthy history of physical assaults on residents; of intimidating neighbors [...]
Buyer brokerage agreements are becoming more popular. Some real estate offices have mandated them for all their real estate agents to start using. Although this date has been pushed back already, it looks like all realtors will start using buyer brokerage agreements in the near future. How do Real Estate Commissions Get Paid? When a [...]
Joint Tenant vs. Tenant in common. Under Alberta Law what do they mean? These things seem so similar but can be very different from a legal perspective. When you buy a home (house, condo, bare land, etc) your lawyer should ask you, if you are buying with another person or people, if you prefer to [...]
When you buy or sell a home as part of a regular real estate transactions, there are certain things that you need to know with respect to the law side. This video takes you through very basic parts of a transaction that you need to know when you deal with a real estate lawyer. If [...]
Recommended Rules Of Practice Respecting Real Property Reports - rpr As Endorsed By Unanimous Consent Of The Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch Real Property Sections: South Alberta, April 9, 2003 North Alberta, November 12, 2003 OVERALL RATIONALE: To reduce the uncertainty and disagreements that often arise between lawyers concerning Real Property Reports - rpr [...]