Denver Real Estate Attorney
Why Should I Hire a Real Estate Attorney?
Key Benefits to Having a Denver Real Estate Attorney.
Residential Real Estate:
Buying a home is perhaps the single largest purchase most of us will make in our lifetime. Never do so without the assistance of legal counsel.
For any real estate purchase, whether your residence, vacation property, rental property or real estate investment, the contract for purchase is a complex and detailed document that will have lasting affects upon the quality of your purchase. Always have the contract reviewed by YOUR counsel, before you sign. Don't rely upon advice from realtors, mortgage brokers, title companies or anyone else. Despite their best intentions, their interests are different from your interests and their advice cannot be the best for you. Always have your attorney review any real estate document BEFORE you sign it.
I represent many clients in a variety of real estate transactions and will be happy to talk to you about your situation. Before you begin to look for a home, vacation property, rental real estate or investment property, obtain legal counsel in advance. As your lawyer let me review your contract before you sign it. Once a contract becomes binding the terms will control the transaction. You may want to change those terms while you have the opportunity to do so. Attempts for correction after the fact are never a sure thing, can be costly and ineffective.
Title Issues: We represent clients facing a variety of title issues caused by various recordings affecting the title to real estate. Mistakes happen, even by title companies. We can review, consult and assist with the correction or clearance of title issues.
Probate/Estates and Title Issues May Overlap:
One possible connection between the legal, real
estate… even mortgage brokerage worlds… is a unique situation
involving p
Typically, this situation arises regarding an
elderly married couple.
They bought their home many years earlier, assumed they held title
as joint tenants and then one spouse dies.
The remaining spouse (let’s say the wife) does nothing
regarding the deceased spouse’s estate.
The typical dialogue goes something like this:
“I didn’t do anything because, after all, everything is in joint
tenancy and automatically goes to me, right?
I didn’t want to get a lawyer involved as that costs money…
takes time… and anyway, my friend’s nephew said we didn’t need to do
anything…. he sells prepaid legal you know …he’s very intelligent
about legal stuff…he’s so wonderful.”
A few years go by and the surviving spouse is now
downsizing or the family is taking steps to move her into assisted
living/nursing home. The
house is under contract for sale, closing shortly, when the title
commitment reveals an existing undivided one-half interest in the
subject real estate retained by the deceased spouse.
30 years ago the couple took title as tenants in common and
although they wanted to convert it to joint tenancy…they just never
got around to it. The
title is clouded.
Closing is now jeopardized as the deceased spouse’s interest must be
conveyed to the seller in order to perfect title.
The solution is to file a p
This is what we do.
The key is a quick response.
We’ve been very effective in working quickly in these
situations... even saved a few closings.
Commercial Real Estate: The firm also represents clients in the sale and purchase of commercial real estate, including 1031 like-kind exchange transactions. This also includes investment property, vacant land, farm and ranch land, second home, vacation property, time share property and mountain property. We also handle leases, including residential and apartment leases, commercial office space, retail space, industrial, manufacturing and warehouse space. Call us to discuss your situation.
Secured Creditor Lending: The firm represents private and commercial lenders for secured transactions. We welcome the opportunity to discuss this with you and will be happy to address your questions, comments or review your situation. Private lenders, investment opportunities with secured interests and other arrangements encompass our expertise and we can address many such arrangements for the benefit of the lender for Colorado properties.
Call us to review your situation. Our first meeting is free and you pay us when you hire us. We charge reasonable hourly rates and will give you an honest and fair estimate of fees and expenses prior to engaging us.
We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Call us for details.
Contact Information
Jerold R. Gilbert Law Offices, P.C.
6200 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 125
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
720-748-6600 office
720-748-6601 fax