Robert Bruss

`What is your credit score?" That was the question one of my best friends asked me at lunch a few weeks ago. After the six of us at the table...

If you plan to sell your home in 2006, now is the time to get busy. That's because September, October and early November traditionally are when the second-largest numbers of...

"Do I have to disclose to my buyer the real reason I am selling my house is the noisy neighbors?" That was the e-mail question I received a few days...

`Is my 18-year-old, unrecorded deed any good?" That was the question asked in a letter I received recently. The reader said she was given the deed to some farmland years...

`I can't believe the mortgage company approved me to buy a condo in such bad shape." That's what I overheard a young lady tell her breakfast date at the coffee...

Are you a real estate agent looking for listings with little or no competition? Are you a home buyer searching for a below-market-price residence few other buyers know about? Can...

`How would you like to take title to your new home, Mr. and Mrs. Buyer?" the attorney or title closing settlement officer asks. Thinking fast, you wisely ask, "Well, how...

Not long ago, a neighbor asked if I knew where our sewer and storm drains are located. He wants to adjust the drainage on his property to drain into the...

`Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's property" is part of the Ten Commandments. But real estate law in every state says it is OK to steal your neighbor's land if...