Buying or Selling Real Estate? Hire an Attorney-Realtor
TREY WILSON CAN LIST YOUR PROPERTY FOR SALE OR REPRESENT YOU AS THE BUYER OF RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN TEXAS. In addition to being an experienced real […]
A Lawyer’s Prayer
Somebody sent this to me, and I wanted to pass it along. I’m not sure of the origins of this prayer (or if St. Thomas More had anything to do […]
Dallas Court: Collecting Real Estate Commissions May Not Constitute Brokerage
File this under curious and confusing. On May 2, 2018, the Fifth Court of Appeals (Dallas) issued an opinion that has left real estate professionals scratching their heads. The Dispute In […]
Original Short Story – “The Judge”
THE JUDGE By Trey Wilson -I- From his elevated position, the Judge glowers down at the courtroom, bespectacled and with furrowed brow surrounded by tufts of stringy grey. Wrinkles line […]
Available Seller Damages When Buyer Breaches Real Estate Contract
When a Buyer of real estate breaches a purchase and sale agreement (a Contract), the Seller frequently suffers damages. Often, those Seller damages may be compensated by the earnest money, […]
Illegal Property Flipping Schemes Abound
The FBI reports that illegal property flipping schemes involving straw buyers are rampant. The scheme involves a fraudulent “investor,” a straw buyer, a compromised appraiser, and an unsuspecting lender. In […]
Sorry, Litigants: You Cannot Recover Time Lost to Litigation
Benjamin Franklin famously wrote that “time is money.” While generally true, this statement has some significant exceptions, including time expended by parties involved in lawsuits. An absolute truth about lawsuits […]
Fraudulent Lien Ends Badly for HOA Foreclosure Purchaser
The purchaser of residential property sold to satisfy a homeowners association (“HOA”) lien recently learned an expensive lesson about inflating redemption costs. On November 29, 2017, San Antonio’s Fourth Court […]
The Property Owner Rule: Testifying About the Value of Your Own Property
In many cases involving real estate, the value of real property (whether a home, unimproved property or acreage) is of critical importance for proving loss, damages or another ultimate issue […]
What does “Runs With the Land” Mean?
Many times restrictive covenants (deed restrictions), easement rights and other rights or burdens on real property are said to “run with the land,” or are otherwise characterized as “running with […]
DTPA applies to Real Estate Fraud
It’s no secret that real estate fraud is rampant in Texas. Today’s hot real estate markets, combined with the vast number of people moving to Texas from other places, provide […]
