Civil Fraud

Civil Fraud Definition A statement made by a person: is fraud from a legal perspective. This definition does back to Derry v. Peek (1889 House of Lords, England). Any one …

Pursue Various Avenues for Financing

Question: Can a Mutual Release be sent before the deposit cheque is given in? Offer is conditional on mortgage financing. This is the day after acceptance and deposit cheque is …

Schedule “B” Use

Schedule “B”s are used by Listing Brokerages to add some standard provisions to an Offer. Really, they should be restricted to interest upon the deposit which will be held by …

Listing Agent under Cross-Examination

The Listing agent decides to commence an action against his client for commission. The listing didn’t go well and the property didn’t sell. The Listing agent did next to nothing …

Agent Signing for Client

Question: Can a Realtor sign paperwork related to listing and/or buying/selling real estate on behalf of their buyer or seller if the client asks/directs them to? Answer: I suppose it …

Deposit Delivery: Buyer Becomes Ill

Question: Seller just accepted an offer on Friday night (of a long weekend). The Buyer’s agent texted me this morning saying his client hurt her leg on the stairs and …

Intoxicated Agent

Question: It has come to my attention that there are realtors who are alcoholics. If you suspect a realtor of being drunk while signing a deal what are the legal …

Seller Sues on Two Transactions

The Seller will sue the defaulting Buyer both on the sale and on the purchase. Why should the Buyer get stuck with damages on the second deal? Wasn’t that the …