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I recently discovered that a path on my property, thought to be a class four road, is actually private land. I want to stop an individual who has been driving over it with verbal permission for the past 30 years. I've confirmed property ownership with a legal survey. No formal easement or... View More 
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answered on May 1, 2025
The driver may have an easement by prescription or other methods creating easements. If you lock the gate he may destroy it or sue you. Then you have to defend yourself. If he is an adjoining landowner, his easement must be in your chain of title, not his. Search both titles, Litigation... View More
I want to know if I can sue my mortgage lender due to unlawful practices undertaken to foreclose on my home. After a COVID forbearance, I was instructed to file paperwork to reinstate my loan. Despite submitting the required documents, bank representatives provided conflicting and deceitful... View More
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answered on Apr 16, 2025
Yes, you may have legal grounds to sue your mortgage lender if they engaged in deceptive, unfair, or unlawful foreclosure practices. Misrepresenting the status of your loan reinstatement, losing submitted documents, and sending notices to wrong addresses can be strong indicators of bad faith and... View More
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answered on Sep 3, 2024
Not sure of your question... But any tenant in common can convey their individual titled interest. However a buyer will want the entire title, so he wants all owners to convey. Otherwise he becomes a TIC with the other owners.
My landlord has been in my apartment at least once every month since i signed a lease last year. Each time has been to look at work he wanted us to do, show the apartment to buyers and realtors, look at things that he claimed needed updating, and hiring people off the street to come in to do... View More
answered on Sep 26, 2023
Your landlord is permitted to enter your unit for one of four reasons:
(1) when necessary to inspect the premises;
(2) to make necessary or agreed repairs, alterations, or improvements;
(3) to supply agreed services; or
(4) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective... View More
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answered on Mar 27, 2022
The answer to your question is yes and no. Yes, either of your sisters could GO TO COURT and force A SALE of the property. So, no, neither of them can force you to sell without obtaining a court order. But, yes, they could obtain a court order and force a sale of the property. So, knowing that,... View More
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