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Every 1 in 3 Millennials purchased a home in 2018, and yet only 36% of Millennials were married. It’s getting more and more common for this generation to choose to purchase a home together as boyfriend/girlfriend and take title as joint tenants with right of survivorship. But, what happens when […]

The end of the year is the time of year when real estate attorneys are the busiest. We are trying to close multiple deals by year-end for our clients. With the closing rush comes the review and negotiation of stacks of documents. We work on contracts, leases, and loan documents. […]

Real Estate Shareholder Scott A. Marcus has been reappointed to the Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee. The 22 member committee is made up of eleven attorneys appointed by The Florida Bar and eleven Realtor®/broker members appointed by Florida Realtors®. Mr. Marcus has served on the Committee since 2017 and will continue […]

Have you or your community association been faced with code enforcement violations related to sea turtle lighting? Even the best intentioned can be faced with such an issue in a coastal community. Kathleen O. Berkey, B.C.S., AICP, a Becker land use and community association attorney and certified land planner who […]

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and coastal local governments regulate what lighting is permitted to avoid and minimize the impacts to sea turtles, but why is artificial coastal lighting a problem? In the southeastern United States, sea turtle hatchlings begin to hatch throughout the months of June […]