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When tenants sign a lease for a rental unit or property, they are agreeing to the terms of the lease. This means they need to abide by the rules as stated in the lease. If they break the rules, usually it gives the landlord the right to evict the tenant. However, they...
Property law is notoriously complex, and some of the most complex legal issues in real estate involve easements. Tennessee law defines an easement as a property interest that gives someone a right to use property owned by someone else for a specific purpose. For...
Real estate purchases are big transactions for both the buyers and sellers of the homes. There are many aspects of home purchases that people on both sides of the sale need to consider before agreeing to the terms. There are usually tours of the home, negotiations and...
Residents of the Nashville area have good reasons to worry about what their neighbors are doing with their properties. In some cases, a neighboring property could be downright dangerous. Take, for example, someone who builds an unfenced swimming pool or who is...
Tennessee is a staunch property rights state, and so it likely comes as a shock to our readers that the government can take our property for the public good through a process called eminent domain. The state need only provide us just compensation. Eminent domain The...
If you own residential property in Tennessee, it is possible that at some point, you will end up in a property ownership dispute with your neighbor. For example, let’s say your next-door neighbor decides to build a fence around their property. Years later, you...
Regardless of where you live, if you own residential real estate, you receive a property tax bill every year. And, over the past few years, those Davidson County tax bills have likely gone up, a lot. But, you can appeal your tax assessment. Disagreeing with the tax...
Your eyes may not always catch flaws in property regardless of how hard you look. Tennessee and other states require owners to disclose negative information on a written disclosure statement when they sell their property. Written disclosures Disclosure statements...
The terms of the landlord tenant relationship are not restricted to the contents of a lease. State law also imposes duties upon landlords of rental homes and rights to their renters. Landlord duties Tennessee law sets forth landlord duties in residential real estate....
Sometimes the government’s interests clash with a homeowner’s interests. The government has the right to take private property for public use, a power known as “eminent domain.” It may seem unfair that the government can take part of your land. However, to exercise...
