«A real
estate lawyer charges $ 350 - $ 400 an hour but they have a law degree,» he said.
Not exact matches
A woman used forged documents to pose as an
estate lawyer for a decade and made partner at her small firm before her fraud was discovered, according to
charges announced yesterday.
Sampson, 47, whose district covers Crown Heights and East Flatbush as well as parts of Brownsville and Canarsie, was
charged with using his position as a court - appointed
lawyer in foreclosure proceedings to siphon off nearly half a million dollars from real
estate escrow accounts that he controlled on four Brooklyn properties, prosecutors allege.
Silver's
lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider
charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real
estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.
Queens party vice-chairman Vincent Tabone, who was arrested Tuesday on
charges he accepted $ 25,000 in bribes and was promised an additional $ 25,000 to help secure Smith's spot on the GOP ballot, is also a close associate of Catsimatidis, working for both his campaign and as a
lawyer in the real
estate department of Catsimatidis» Red Apple Group since 2008.
One of our partners is a copyright
lawyer and he's in
charge of getting the authors and
estates their money for payment.
Other fees that are typically
charged are from home appraisers, mortgage brokers, and real
estate lawyers.
Fees
charged by a mortgage broker for private lenders are meant to pay real
estate lawyers, appraisers, broker and lender staff among other experts involved in mortgage processing.
The upfront fees may be
charged by the mortgage broker, lender or both to pay staff, appraisal and real
estate lawyers among other professionals involved in setting up the loan.
The money
charged is used to pay real
estate lawyers, broker staff and appraisal among other professionals required in processing the mortgage.
The fees
charged for a private mortgage are to pay staff, real
estate lawyers and other professionals involved in setting up the mortgage.
Mortgage broker fees are
charged to pay broker staff, appraisal and real
estate lawyers.
The expense of either obtaining a mortgage loan or transferring real
estate from a seller to a buyer, including
lawyer's fees, survey
charges, title searches and insurance, and recording fees.
Other fees that are usually
charged are for paying mortgage brokers, real
estate lawyers and home appraisers.
(See my post «How the Legal Industry's Pursuit of Leverage Pits the Client's Interests Against Those of the Law Firm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior
lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it
charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real
estate group!)
My
lawyer charged me and my wife $ 150 each - 20 years latter the
estate has twice as many children and would be worth several million dollars; I consider it one of the cheapest pieces of insurance I have ever bought.
They killed off a hundred thousand independent real
estate lawyers with predatory prices and, once they had the market essentially to themselves, jacked up the prices to the fleeced American public to about four times what the
lawyers ever
charged and let «standards» plummet.
(4) Such cartelization is certain to lead to higher prices to the public (see, to cite only one example among many, many, what happened when a handful of US title insurers replaced 100,000 US real
estate lawyers — a «dysfunctional» per the State of California and «invidious» per the Supreme Court of Iowa industry «in which the public pays too much» per the State of California (about four times more than what the
lawyers used to
charge) while delivering services that are «shit» per an employee of a US title insurer who used to be an independent
lawyer until she and all the other real
estate lawyers in her city in Florida were put out of business by predatory pricing that lasted only as long as it took to kill the
lawyers).
Btw, in my real
estate practice, and this is true of all real
estate lawyers, we do not
charge more for the file simply because the closing is in the peak Summer moving season.
A
lawyer in Florida who was put out of business, along with every other real
estate lawyer in her city, by a six - month long (that is all it took) campaign of predatory pricing, and who, needing to make a living, then took a job with that industry (but is no longer doing much law), went on to describe the level of service (despite the now four times greater cost than the
lawyers ever
charged) that her new employer and its non-competitors now deliver to the public as shit (her word).
The Ontario Court of Justice has acquitted 75 - year - old real
estate lawyer Kenneth James of all
charges he faced following an international drug and fraud investigation the RCMP launched in 2010.
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A
lawyer I spoke to in Florida said that she and all the other real
estate lawyers in her city were wiped out in six months by the predatory pricing and, once they were gone, the title insurers began
charging four times, while driving standards into the mud, what the
lawyers had ever
charged.
The truth of the matter is that whether you are hit with a lawsuit,
charged with a crime, or dealing with certain real
estate transactions, it is in your best interest to hire a
lawyer.
Physicians,
lawyers, accountants, directors and officers, financial advisors and investors, real
estate agents, engineers, and other professionals may face allegations of negligence, breach of professional standards or, in extreme cases, criminal
charges, which can lead to lawsuits, prosecutions or disciplinary hearings at a regulatory level.
I totally agree with your comments, the law society wouldn't tolerate non
lawyers using their resources, we allow these groups to gain public suppourt in the name free enterprize however all the regulations real
estate agents pay for are given to the public free of
charge.
For real
estate lawyers, the reason for verifying home ownership information is clear: the real
estate lawyer is
charged with the task of closing the legal aspects of the real
estate transaction, including transferring title.
Closing statements - A detailed cash accounting of a real
estate transaction prepared by a
lawyer or other person designated to process the mechanics of the sale, showing all cash that was received, all
charges and credits which were made, and all cash that was paid out in the transaction; also called a settlement statement.
Florida title insurance
lawyers understand the duties and liabilities that come with title insurance coverage, and have an ethical obligation to assist buyers and sellers with making sure that the closing proceeds with as much protection as possible against future title challenges (most Florida real
estate lawyers perform these services, along with closing the transaction, at no more expense than what a title company will
charge to close the transaction).
If we (real
estate agents) were as smart as accountants or doctors or
lawyers we wouldn't be working on a commission based model, we would be
charging fees for every billable hour.
Arron Lewis, the suspect in the abduction and slaying of Arkansas real
estate agent Beverly Carter, told reporters Tuesday that he pleaded not guilty to the
charges only because his
lawyer told him to.
Lawrence Dale is the tough - minded
lawyer who has led the
charge by discount brokers to reduce real
estate commission fees.