Recent content by FlyingRon

Yep, a lawyer is going to be required if you want to take adverse possession and perhaps unravel the mess you have now if you have an infringing use. First off, it takes TWENTY YEARS in NC of such possession (I'll assume there is no color of title issue here). It also matters who the current...

Just because you corrected the deficiencies doesn't make suddenly innocent of the charges. Even if you could prove that the car was registered/insured/inspected at the time the citation was issued isn't going to be dismissed in advance. You show the proof at the hearing. Further, the fact...

It's a line from a movie.

Look good. Be your own boss. Never get chained to a desk. When it comes to business, take cash only.

If you need someone to represent you in court, it needs to be a real attorney.

TM was right, as usual. You should have either sold the properties within months of the person's death or gotten a proper appraisal at the time. What you want to look at now is a "forensic appraisal" that will compute the actual value for your future capital gains issues. Issues...

Your lender will likely disagree with you selling the property without paying off the loan as well. In a period of rising interest rates they can invoke an almost certainly present due-on-sale clause. They usually find out about it when the new buyer gets his own insurance. As...

I just closed on a property where the entire transaction took place in the lobby of the attorney's office through the little window to the receptionist's area. Two signatures on my part (one of the easier ones I did). The attorney did collect his full fee.

P&S is purchase and sale. It's a finalization of the offer/acceptance in a areal estate contract (usually not much different from the offer itself).

Not all the consulates in Germany handle visas I believe. Only Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich I think.

Assuming you filed the DS-160 online and uploaded your photo and paid the fees, the next step is indeed to schedule an appointment with the embassy/consulate in your country. I hope you're not in any hurry, as the interview scheduling for B visas is running like 51 days in Frankfurt and 170...

Note that the other party/insurer will only pay the FMV of the car (before the accident). That may not be sufficient to pay off the loan balance, which your husband is still potentially responsible for.

I avoided escrow impounds like the plague. They're fraught with abuse by the lenders. I relented on one company as they gave me a substantially better rate if I accepted the impound. Less than three months later (after the note had been sold twice), they forgot to make the tax payment. I...

It depends on the details that you've not given here. If you're a sole proprietor, it's not a business expense at all. If your business is a corporation, it might or might not be. Here's the IRS guideance...

I know one person who went through the Virginia Law Reader program. It wasn't particularly easier than just attending law school. Then there's California, which I think is what TM is addressing here.