How to Prepare a Title Opinion
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/31/2013
- Real Estate
Title opinions are essential to the practice of residential and commercial real estate law. Among other things, they play a crucial role in the smooth transfer of property and the orderly assignation of mineral rights. Unfortunately, ...
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What You Need to Know About Eagle Ford and Barnett Shale
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/29/2013
- Oil and Gas
Shale operations in Texas have grown exponentially since new natural gas and oil drilling methods have made extraction possible. Two of the largest shale plays in Texas are the Eagle Ford Shale and the Barnett Shale. While each yields ...
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What are Short Sales?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/26/2013
- Real Estate
The term "short sale" sounds like it would be the answer to the prayers of both sellers and buyers; one wishing to get the home sold quickly and the other wanting to stop touring houses and get on with moving in.
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How Do Land Title Loans Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/24/2013
- Real Estate
Contrary to popular belief, title loans aren't restricted to the vehicle financing industry. Although the most commonly issued types of title loans are attached to passenger cars, motorcycles, RVs and other rolling stock, it's possible to ...
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Construction Loans: What You Need to Know
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/19/2013
- Real Estate
If you've purchased a tract of raw land or wish to move into an unfinished subdivision with generous code allowances, you're probably thinking about building a new home from the ground up. Unless you have a lot of money saved up, this will ...
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What Should You Know Before Purchasing Foreclosure Property?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/15/2013
- Real Estate
The late-2000s housing bust and financial crisis created tremendous headaches for counties and municipalities that had staked their financial fortunes on rising land values and easy mortgage lending policies. The economic aftereffects of ...
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How to Protect your Assets after a Divorce
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/12/2013
- Legal
It’s been said over and over again; nobody gets married expecting to divorce. And it’s been stated over and over again that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. It is a classic "hope for the best and prepare for the worst" scenario. ...
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How Do Offshore Mineral Rights Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/10/2013
- Oil and Gas
The processes by which "dry-land" mineral rights are distributed and exercised has been well-documented. In most American jurisdictions, a landowner who enjoys unadulterated ownership of his or her property has the right to dispose of the ...
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How Do Real Property Conveyance Laws Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/01/2013
- Real Estate
Conveyance is the term used when property ownership is transferred from one party to another. It is also the name of the written document, a deed or a lease, which transfers legal title. As such, it is a contract that legally binds all ...
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