Real Estate Law
Most real estate problems are written into the paperwork before anyone notices them. The practice handles the transactional side of commercial and residential deals in Texas: reviewing what is in front of you, negotiating what is missing, and closing on terms you actually understand.
What this covers
- Commercial purchase and sale agreements, letters of intent, and closing documents
- Residential purchase agreements and addenda, including contracts written on promulgated forms
- Commercial and residential leases, from a single space to a portfolio of properties
- Landlord and tenant matters, including lease enforcement, default and cure notices, and negotiated resolutions
- Development deals, including land acquisition, contractor and design agreements, and the agreements among the parties funding a project
- Owner, investor, and developer agreements, including joint ventures and partnership structures built around a single project
- Title, survey, and due diligence review before the option period runs out
- Easements, restrictive covenants, and questions about how a property may be used
- Owner financing, promissory notes, and deeds of trust
- Deal disputes between buyer and seller, or landlord and tenant, worked first as a contract problem rather than a lawsuit
Why it matters
A real estate contract is usually signed under time pressure, on a form somebody else drafted, with a deadline attached to every right it gives you. Getting a lawyer involved early rarely changes the deal. It changes whether you know what you agreed to while there is still time to do something about it.
Disputes are handled the same way the deals are. Notice, negotiation, and settlement come first. If a matter has to be litigated, you will hear that early and be referred to trial counsel rather than carried along.