by BPE Law Senior Attorney and Co-Manager, Keith Dunnagan One of the first questions that comes up in any commercial transaction is who will lend the kind of money one needs to complete a commercial project. The answer naturally, is “that depends”. It depends on several factors, including but not limited to what type of […]
In case you did not know, BPE Law Group provides sophisticated legal services involving commercial real estate transactions. This representation includes the areas of acquisition, disposition, joint ventures and finance transactions. Recent representative matters include the representation of sellers of approximately 30 acres of development land, refinance and joint venture of senior facility in excess […]
A “Reverse Mortgage” is a real estate loan that allows home owners age 62 and older to tap into the equity that they’ve built up in their home. But, unlike a standard home equity loan, the reverse mortgage does not require any monthly mortgage payment (other than property tax, insurance, and maintenance). The loan is repaid […]
It is very common that unmarried people become owners of real estate. Typically they effectively become partners with each owning a separate “tenants in common” interest in the property. Other times they may own the property in “joint tenancy” wherein after one owner dies, the survivor owns the whole property. Other times, they may form […]
With the growth of the medical marijuana industry in California, we have been receiving numerous questions from concerned clients, investors, and real estate professionals as to whether they should or must lease real estate when marijuana use, or cultivation, or dispensing will be involved. Although this is a huge issue, in this E-News, I will […]
Recently I turned 66, significant as far as Medicare and Social Security are concerned, but in the the bigger scheme of life, just a milestone to evaluate where I’ve come from, where I’m going, and how’s the journey been. A friend recently asked me how I go about setting and achieving goals for BPE Law […]
As we should all remember, late in the night on New Year’s Eve, Congress and the President reached a brief stop-gap agreement to keep the Nation operating while they worked on the Budget. Unfortunately, in the months that followed the political infighting stopped any resolution and so, a drastic series of cuts automatically took effect […]
