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Can tenant break lease days after signing contract?

By Robert Griswold, Thursday, September 28, 2006.

Question: Recently my mother signed a lease and paid a deposit for an apartment and decided it was not the right choice for her. She contacted the landlord within two days (verbally) and gave a written letter within three days. The landlord said it was fine but then changed his mind and now wishes to hold her to the lease.  more...

Bad news for unrecorded real estate deed

By Robert Bruss, Thursday, September 28, 2006.

DEAR BOB: Must a deed be recorded to be considered valid? Is a deed not a contract regardless? --Irvin S.

DEAR IRVIN: Without recording in the public records where the real property is located, a deed properly signed and notarized or witnessed is valid only between the grantor and the grantee.  more...