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Estate Planning Basics When Preparing for Your Future
Many people are intimidated by estate planning or they think only wealthy individuals need plans (or both). Almost everyone has an estate. If you have something of value (assets) that you want to pass on to loved ones when you die, you have an estate. This can be...
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Title Searches 101: A Guide for Staten Island Real Estate
You’ve found your dream home. You’ve spoken to your real estate agent, you've made your offer, and now you’re ready to throw it in escrow. So you buy this thing called title insurance. Why? This is a common question I receive. Maybe you buy title insurance,...
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Buying a Home in Staten Island
Residential real estate transactions in Staten Island, like anywhere, can be a daunting undertaking for people, especially for first-time home buyers. Below is a brief outline that hopefully demystifies the process somewhat. The Basic Process The first step for buyers...
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Purchasing Your Home: A Simple Guide
Introduction Purchasing a home should be an exciting and joyous experience. However, it can often be a stressful and scary experience if you are not equipped with the proper information. My goal below is to put together a general outline for a prospective purchaser....
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Tips for Buyers From Your Staten Island Real Estate Attorney
As anybody interested in Staten Island real estate will probably have heard, the market in our borough is extremely attractive right now. Specific news about the New York Observational Wheel and neighborhood development projects such as those...
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My Favorite Dog – Friendly Parks in Staten Island
When you're looking for the perfect home, it's not impossible to find everything you want in one place. If furry four-legged friends are part of your family, Staten Island is a great place to be because most of the homes have a front or backyard. For everyone else,...
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Will Your House Haunt You?
There's a lot more to buying a home than falling in love with how a home looks. It takes a lot of legal research to make sure you're making a purchase that won’t come back and bite you. That legal research is generally in the form of a title search, researching the...
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Planning and Zoning in New York: Things to Look for When Purchasing Property
Falling in love with a particular property is often very easy, especially in a place like New York, with no shortage of beautiful and diverse houses. But falling in love with a home is just one part of the equation. Turning the property into the home of your dreams...
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Is Estate Planning Part of Your New Year’s Resolution? – Part 2
Can you believe that 80% of New Year's resolutions fail by February? Why is that? Some reasons include: lack of clarity a feeling of overwhelmedness discouragement We covered the first seven parts in part one. My goal here is to encourage you to take...
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How to Avoid Scams When Selling or Buying Property in New York
The FBI reported nearly $150 million in real estate fraud losses in the last year. Scammers are having a field day in the real estate industry today, launching more sophisticated tactics and ripping innocent and unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned money....
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New York Real Estate Forecast for 2020
The New York real estate market is dynamic, expensive, and will give any investor a pause. The market as a whole has seen impressive year-over-year growth in the past years. But then, will the New York real estate market continue on this path into the New Year? Does...
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Is Estate Planning Part of Your New Year’s Resolution? – Part 1
The vast majority of Americans lack an estate plan. Do you have one? While most people find end-of-life planning as some morbid thing, it’s actually more about protection and control for you and for your loved ones. Whether young or old, wealthy or not, everyone needs...
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Take a meowment for Travis, Staten Island
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