Property Owners may be Holding the Bag The sudden closure of Lehman Property Management may leave owners of 329 Harrisburg area properties holding the bag. They will be looking for their rents, their security deposits and more. The owner, Glenn Lehma...
Read MoreEviction Following Sheriff’s Sale or Tax Sale
You purchased a property at Sheriff’s or Tax Sale and the prior owner is still living there. You want to begin eviction. It used to be that you went to a lawyer and were told to file an Ejectment Complaint in Common Pleas Court. Let’s fac...
Read MoreStarting a Real Estate Brokerage
Nationally syndicated author, Emile L’Eplattenier is currently featuring Attorney, James Tupitza in his ARTICLE which explains how to start a real estate brokerage company. Emile points out that before you start your business, you need to fully...
Read MoreMEDIATION CLAUSE– POTENTIAL STATUTE of LIMITATIONS ISSUE
Where a contract has a mediation clause, and the Court dismisses for failure to participate in mediation, the statute of limitations is not tolled. How does this apply in the real world? Imagine you have an agreement of sale to buy a home. Chances ar...
Read MoreDISABILITY PROTECTIONS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT: WHAT LANDLORDS AND TENANTS NEED TO KNOW
By: Jay Todd, Esq. of Tupitza & Associates, PC The Fair Housing Act is a federal law that bans housing discrimination in the United States. This landmark law is meant to protect tenants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin...
Read MoreSETTLEMENT WITH BROKER OF FRAUDULENT REAL ESTATE AGENT
2/15/2019 Harrisburg, PA. This week we completed a non-jury trial against a real estate brokerage company. We alleged the company negligently failed to supervise one of its agents. This was a type of Real Estate Br...
Read MoreSPECIFIC PERFORMANCE APPEAL
2/15/2019 We just received an opinion from the Superior Court reversing a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County in a case claiming specific performance against a defaulting buyer. The case involved clients who agreed to sell thei...
Read MoreVerdict Against Fraudulent Real Estate Agent
Verdict against real estate agent for fraud
Read MoreWhat the Heck is Tacking?
We just successfully finished an interesting trial on the subject of Tacking. Our client lost patience with his next door neighbor. About 20 years ago the daughter of the longtime neighbor moved in and doubled the size of the home and expanded her ...
Read MoreMISCONCEPTIONS IN NEGOTIATING PIPELINE EASEMENTS
This has been the year of misconception about negotiating with pipeline companies. It is no secret Pennsylvania in the past few years has become a hotbed for pipeline companies. Many Pennsylvania residents until a few years ago had never heard of th...
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