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Real Estate Closings: What to Expect When Purchasing Real Estate and Using a Lender

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

Real Estate Closings can be time-sensitive and highly important to many. After all, purchasing real estate can mark a significant milestone for most of us. If you do not know what to expect and lack proficient professional guidance, your real estate closing can become a frustrating and never-ending process. Continue reading to better familiarize… Read More »

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Understanding Eviction in Tampa, Florida

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

As a law firm based in Tampa, Florida, Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. understands that eviction proceedings can be a complicated and stressful process for both landlords and tenants. In this blog, we aim to provide a comprehensive guide to evictions in Tampa, FL, including the legal framework, the procedures involved, and the important considerations… Read More »

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Be On The Lookout For These Real Estate Scams

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

Scams are everywhere in life, and the good thing is that we have become pretty savvy about seeing them and avoiding them. We all know when an email or social media post seems to be a hoax. But one area where people simply still don’t have the knowledge about when they are and are… Read More »

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Understanding The Types Of Joint Property Ownership

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

When you buy property, the property may not just be yours. The title may also include names of others such as family members, friends, or business partners. Know that the way in which a real estate owned by multiple people is titled can have significant legal consequences. When it comes to how property is… Read More »

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Can You Be Bound By Agreements You Don’t Sign?

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

Can you be bound to, and obligated to follow, a contract that you didn’t sign? That may seem counterintuitive, and even non-lawyers know that to be bound to a contract, you have to have signed it or agreed to it. However, in real estate law, things are a little different. In real estate law,… Read More »

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Can A Quiet Title Lawsuit Help You?

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

When you purchase property, you just assume that whoever sold it to you owned it and could give you ownership. You assume that once you buy it, the property is yours. But what if this isn’t the case? What if someone else shows up and says “hold on a minute—you didn’t buy that property,… Read More »

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Are Verbal Promises To Create A Will Enforceable In Court?

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

It is not uncommon for people to help older people, or people who are sick and infirm, often on the promise that they will receive something from the other person’s estate documents, like their will or from a trust. But when that person passes on, if that promise is not fulfilled, do you have… Read More »

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Be Very Careful With Balloon Payment Loans

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

Let’s say it’s time to buy a new home or property, and you take out a mortgage on that property. The mortgage payments look very affordable—much less than what you would think they would be for a loan of the size that you are taking out. But what you don’t realize is that at… Read More »

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What Happens To Homestead Property, In Probate Court?

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

Florida is unique amongst many states in that it completely protects your homestead property from creditors. Absent you giving permission for your home to be taken (such as when you take out a mortgage or buy property subject to a homeowners association lien), if a judgment is ever entered against you, your homestead property… Read More »

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Understanding Basic Documents In Your Real Estate Closing

By Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. |

When you sit for a real estate closing, and in the weeks beforehand, there will be a lot of terms thrown around. Some terms are so basic, they may never be explained to you. But that doesn’t mean you know what they mean. Three terms that you will often hear in relation to your… Read More »

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