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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Joseph and Joseph
Suggestions for Reducing Legal Fees! Keeping your legal fees as reasonable as possible is one of our law firm's concerns while at the same time providing you with quality legal representation. See ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Joseph and Joseph
ADVERSE POSSESSION: Legally Stealing Real Property; But What if there is an Intervening Dispossession or Divorce from the Land? See New Article: http://www.josephandjoseph.com/Articles/Article-21.aspx
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Posted on May 27, 2011 By Joseph and Joseph
See the New Article, "the Difficult Life of the Landlord," discussing "the Landlord who tries to be nice," and "the tenants who scheme Against the Landlord!" -----> ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By John Joseph
NBC 4 interviews John Joseph after tragic deaths at an apartment complex's retention pond. Swimming pools require safety standards, but not retention ponds. http://bit.ly/dSSxGn
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Posted on Feb 10, 2011 By John Joseph
The Supreme Court of Ohio annouced today that for the first time in 15 years Ohio foreclosure case filings declined compared to the previous year. Fifty-eight counties saw decreases in the number of ...
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Posted on May 3, 2010 By John Joseph
What are the Investors, Buyers, Sellers and others involved in the Real Estate Industry to do in these times where foreclosures and evictions are prominent and bank loans are very hard to find or come ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2010 By John Joseph
According to the Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District in the case, Kopp v. Associated Estates Realty Corp, decided April 15, 2010, a nonrefundable redecorating fee, pet fee, and the ...
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Posted on May 22, 2009 By John Joseph
With the downturn in the residential real estate market, some investors are exploring fracture condo deals. Fracture condos describes a condominium complex where some units have sold, but the bulk of ...
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Posted on May 18, 2009 By John Joseph
Single-family home builder's confidence in the market improved in the month of May according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI), released today; ...
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Posted on May 12, 2009 By John Joseph
St. Croix is one of three major islands in the Caribbean constituting the United States Virgin Islands. St. Croix is the largest of the U. S. Virgin Islands. Just as beautiful as the other islands, ...
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Posted on May 7, 2009 By John Joseph
With all the press on the subprime residential foreclosures, the commercial market has not received as much press. Commercial delinquencies are at an 11 year high. The problem relates to the ...
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Posted on May 6, 2009 By John Joseph
A Purchase Money Deposit is Always Best in Escrow with a Third Party, even if there is a well known or trusted developer's name on the project. It is typical in a Residential Real Estate Contract ...
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Posted on May 5, 2009 By John Joseph
It is time to buy! If you subscribe to this theory, you are in good company. Yale professor, Robert Shiller, who predicted the market's collapse, recommends that it is time to buy stocks and real ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2009 By John Joseph
With the downturn in the Real Estate Market, more and more developers and owners are turning to leasing. Condos once up for sale are now being placed on the market for lease. What impact, if any, does ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2007 By John Joseph
Attorneys and realtors have very different roles in the real estate transaction. I have found that the more experienced lawyers and realtors appreciate and recommend the hiring of the other in their ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2007 By John Joseph
Ohio law requires an owner of residential rental property to file with the county auditor of the county in which the property is located. The following is the information required to be filed: The ...
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