Books : Nonfiction : Law : Practical Guides : Real Estate

Facing foreclosure? Know your options!

According to Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, "the number of homeowners paying more than half their income on housing rocketed from 6.5 million in 2001 to 8.8 million in 2006... The number of homes entering foreclosure nearly doubled to 1.3 million in 2007 from about 660,000 in 2005."

If you're having trouble making your mortgage payments or are already in jeopardy of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide compassionately gives you the practical information you need, step by step.

An essential tool for anyone at risk of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides key information about:

This highly regarded text earned its popularity by helping students build their confidence while they develop their skills. Beginning with the simple residential closing, "Real Estate: Examples & Explanations, Fourth Edition" leads students through progressively more complex transactions to reach a solid understanding of the subject.

The most complete guide to buying a home in the Golden State

A thorough, practical guide to every aspect of buying a house, How to Buy a House in California will help you make informed decisions that can save you thousands of dollars. With this bestseller in hand, you'll learn how to:

While many books offer sample forms and advice about drafting clauses for retail, office, and industrial leases, few examine the essential business issues underlying each clause of the lease from both sides of the negotiating table — tenant and landlord alike.

Whether you are a business owner about to sign a lease, a real estate professional determined to draft the ideal transaction for your client, or a landlord looking to protect profits and property simultaneously, Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Leases can help you understand

*The obvious and not-so-obvious differences between “standard” landlord and tenant leases.
*Specific negotiating strategies for retail/shopping center, office and industrial leases.
*The critical economic and legal issues at stake in each clause of the lease.
*Which points are most easily negotiated under what situations and which points aren’t worth the time spent arguing.
*What alternative clauses and solutions can be offered to create a deal that works for both parties.

As the basics of term, rent, premises, assignment, maintenance, insurance, default, taxes, alterations, and more are covered, author Martin Zankel uses wit and wisdom to break down confusing legalisms and offer basic negotiating strategies for each situation.

The book also includes two appendixes that provide examples of a tenant-oriented lease and a landlord-oriented lease.

An easy-to-read guide on laws concerning common neighbor disputes, including noise, trees and blocked views.

Is the noise from next door keeping you up at night? Is the view from your backyard being obstructed? Is a neighboring business driving you crazy? Learn your rights and responsibilities with Neighbor Law, Nolo's clear-cut, comprehensive guide to the laws concerning common neighbor disputes. The popular bestseller covers:

The practical guide for operating a successful Florida condominium association, completely updated, and now cross-referenced not only to the Florida statutes but also Florida case law. Written in clear, concise language, an indispensable working tool for officers, directors, homeowners, managers, realtors, and attorneys. Includes procedures for membership meetings, the board of administration, officers and committees, the budget and financial reports, assessments (levy and collection), amending documents and modifying the property, rights and responsibilities of the unit owner, enforcing documents and resolving disputes. Includes 67 sample forms and documents.

A favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples. Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations titles offer hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis.

Widely acclaimed as the authoritative source on the legal aspects of surveying and boundary problems, Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles is now updated and expanded in this fourth edition. Distinguished by the precision and clarity of its presentation, this indispensable reference book covers land boundary law, the science of measurements, evaluation of evidence, and the traditions and customs that have defined boundaries.

A unique resource, it brings together material that would otherwise require research through dozens of publications. It includes full, easily accessible coverage of the legal elements for determining boundary location and the federal and state laws that govern these elements. Common law and legal principles, synthesized from a comprehensive review of court cases, are presented as a cohesive set of guidelines for the practicing professional.

This Fourth Edition features new material that:

• Explores the distinction between GLO creation by statute law and metes and bounds creation by common law
• Provides expanded coverage of title examination, certification, and easements
• Examines Riparian boundary questions
• Defines new surveying terminology

In the tradition of its previous editions, Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, Fourth Edition remains the essential reference for all land surveyors and civil engineers, land owners, realtors, attorneys dealing with surveying and boundary law, and students in surveying courses.

GPS SATELLITE SURVEYING Second Edition

Alfred Leick

GPS Satellite Surveying, Second Edition includes all the material that made the first edition the standard work in the field, and provides up-to-date information on the most recent developments. Comprehensive and thorough in its presentation, GPS Satellite Surveying is designed to help the modern land information specialist gain full use of GPS surveying techniques and a firm understanding of the resulting measurements. Coverage includes a complete and mathematically rigorous theory of positioning with GPS that integrates astronomy, time, statistics, geodesy, and electronics.

1995 (0-471-30626-6) 560 pp.

A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING LAND SURVEYS

Second Edition

Stephen V. Estopinal

"I recommend the book; every surveyor should have several on hand, and give them to prospective clients." —Professional Surveyor

A guide to making sense of the complexities of surveying, this handsomely illustrated book not only describes the variety of documents surveyors produce, but the technology and practice essential to their production. Designed for the layperson involved in selling, transferring, developing, or building on land, the Guide is a seminar on the real-world basics of interpreting and using land survey data.

1993 (0-471-57717-0) 248 pp.

EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES FOR BOUNDARY LOCATION

Third Edition

Curtis M. Brown, Walter G. Robillard, and Donald A. Wilson

This expanded, updated edition of the classic bestseller remains the industry standard for its coverage of the laws of boundaries and the evidence needed to make accurate boundary determinations. Its presentation of the technical, legal, and administrative aspects of boundary location includes changes in content and organization that reflect new developments in the field and make the book easier to use than ever before. 1994 (0-471-55219-4) 528 pp.

The most trusted name in law school outlines, Emanuel Law Outlines support your class preparation, provide reference for your outline creation, and supply a comprehensive breakdown of topic matter for your entire study process. Created by Steven Emanuel, these course outlines have been relied on by generations of law students. Each title includes both capsule and detailed versions of the critical issues and key topics you must know to master the course. Also included are exam questions with model answers, an alpha-list of cases, and a cross reference table of cases for all of the leading casebooks.

The highly praised, step-by-step guide to evicting a problem tenant.

Sooner or later, every landlord is faced with handling an eviction. The California Landlord's Law Book: Evictions shows you how to proceed every step of the way.

Step by step and in plain English, this book explains the different legal grounds for eviction and provides all the forms and instructions necessary to:

The up-to-date, new edition of the classic reference

For over two decades, Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location has been the cornerstone volume for surveying practitioners. In its Fourth Edition, this book upholds its superior presentation of boundary laws and evidence, and now introduces significantly revised content covering current laws, legal procedures and practices, courtroom responsibilities, use of GPS and GIS data, and waterway boundaries. This current edition prepares surveyors for the new legal, technical, and administrative aspects of surveying.

The first section of this book covers resurveys or retracements of former surveys based on land records. It deals with the methods used for locating corners, lines, and parcels of these surveys, while detailing all types of evidence, including maps and documents; measurements; monuments and trees; and digital data. The increasing importance of an area’s history to surveyors is also a featured topic. The later chapters examine the creation of new parcels of land from a legal standpoint. This edition also includes an in-depth examination of:

• Professional liability
• How to report evidence and use it in court
• Court conduct, both as a defendant and as an expert witness
• The origins of boundary evidence

Whether used in conjunction with Brown’s Boundary Control and Legal Principles, Fourth Edition, or on its own, Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location, Fourth Edition, continues to stand as the fundamental reference for licensed practicing surveyors, lawyers, property owners, civil engineers, and students in surveying courses in two- and four-year programs. Its practical applications have also made it a widely used study guide for land surveyor examinations.

7th edition of this popular book about laws in Florida relating to homeowners associations and how to run a homeowners association

This law school casebook presents a simple, concise text, providing information in outline form. An excellent introduction with many references to the historical development of this area of law. Chapters include background, freehold estates, nonfreehold estates, seisin and its significance, common law type of future interests, the rule in Shelley’s case and the doctrine of worthier title, common law methods of conveyancing, uses and the statute of uses, the effect of the statute of uses, and concurrent ownership.

The eighth edition of this best-selling book introduces the fundamentals of real estate, highlighting the new and expanding concepts, while reinforcing those concepts that represent the cornerstone of American real estate ownership.