By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published April 15, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Real Estate, Residential closings, Tucker Griffin Barnes, William D. Tucker | Leave a comment
By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published April 15, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Real Estate, Residential closings, Tucker Griffin Barnes, William D. Tucker | Leave a comment
Tip 12-2016: Choose Your Own Settlement Agent Never choose the settlement agent selected by the REO bank as the seller. That settlement agent’s primary relationship is with the REO bank. Tucker’s Tips encounters time and again how using the REO selling bank’s closing agent causes needless issues and delays for a settlement. For example, we Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published April 11, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Bill Tucker, Real Estate, Tucker Griffin Barnes | Leave a comment
Tucker’s Tips Tip 11-2016: Charlottesville Clerk’s Office Closed Thomas Jefferson’s birthday this year is on Wednesday, April 13th, 2016, and the Charlottesville City Clerk’s Office is closed that day. However, not ALL the local Clerk’s Offices are closed. The Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Greene County Clerk’s Offices will be open and available for recording on Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published March 10, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Charlottesville Attorney, Real Estate | Leave a comment
Make sure the settlement attorney knows of everyone who will be on the deed to the property, especially if they are not going to be on the loan. Individuals who are not going to be on the loan are sometimes not listed in the contract. (In short sale and REO transactions, the deed into the Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 24, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Bill Tucker, Charlottesville, Real Estate, Tucker Griffin Barnes | Leave a comment
Tucker’s Tips Tip 8-2016: The TRID Experience – With the new TRID laws in place for over four months, Tucker’s Tips has made the following observations about how TRID is affecting settlements: 1. Closings are taking about a week longer than before TRID. (This experience is apparently not just in our area. They are taking Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 19, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Attorneys, Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: Bill Tucker, Charlottesville, Real Estate, Tucker Griffin Barnes, William D. Tucker | Leave a comment
Tucker’s Tips Tip 7-2016: Sharing Information Can Make TRID Easier – Navigating a closing with the new TRID laws can prove difficult, especially when completing the CD which requires more information than the HUD and/or GFE. Tucker’s Tips has found that including certain information in the Contract can help make the closing process under TRID Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published January 28, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney, Residential Real Estate Closings | Tagged Tags: Bill Tucker, Real Estate | Leave a comment
Inclement weather causes delays in more than one way. Bad weather can cause Clerk’s Offices and other government agencies to close and as a result general delays in settlements. But now it can also cause delays regarding the 3-day requirements for CDs to be delivered to the purchaser. Due to weather, settlement agents and attorneys Read More
Read MoreBy Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published January 20, 2015 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Tags: landlord-Tenant Disputes | Leave a comment
Few situations in the business world are more stressful than disputes between landlords and tenants. Fortunately, the majority of these disputes are completely preventable. When signing an agreement with a tenant, simply keep the following considerations in mind to avoid potential problems in the future: Do your research. Landlords should perform credit checks and rental Read More
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