Buy Low, Sell High Is Still Smart; Here’s Why. Trying to answer the question ‘should I buy now?’ is universal in the real estate world. Normally I write about Alberta real estate because I’m an Alberta lawyer, but I don’t think it matters if you live in Edmonton or New York, Calgary or London. It…
By Ben Reeve Lewis Some time last year I was interviewed by Guardian Journalist Sirin Kale, who wrote an excellent piece on cannabis farms and dodgy lettings agents, published a couple of weeks back. Having been in more than one cannabis farm in my career and spending my days dealing with criminal activity in the…
State Farm policyholders should be aware of its company’s water damage claims processes, as noted in State Farm’s Water Protocol. After reading the facts and allegations of a recent water claim denial, I would suggest they also should be concerned with alleged experts providing opinions about the cause of water losses. These are some of…
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By one count, worldwide there were some 11,800 data centers in early 2024. Within that census are facilities so small that they fit in office building closets, while others are among the largest manmade structures on the planet. How are we to make sense of this diverse population? Data centers house computers, networks and switches…
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A title insurance policy does not insure against future events. Instead, title insurance indemnifies the insured against loss resulting from differences between the actual title and the record title as of the date title is insured. Liability is often clear due to missed documents in the chain of title. Once liability is established the problem…
Half of all California renters, more than 3 million homes, spend more than a third of their income on rent. This means that half of all renters in California are “rent-burdened”, according to the federal government’s definition of such. To help alleviate the rent-burdened and the overall housing crisis in California, Assemblyman David Chiu introduced…
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Violent, Gang-related Death at a Vancouver Mansion Leads to Lawsuit re What Sellers Must Reveal to Buyers in Real Estate Transactions When selling a house in Canada (and other jurisdictions with similar legal systems), a vendor must typically disclose certain types of defects in the property to potential buyers. Now, what if murder, suicide, or…
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As I suspect most readers are aware, we have a Renters Rights Bill currently making its way through Parliament. This is going to be the most significant shake-up of landlord and tenant law for over 35 years. Everyone in the Private Rented Sector needs to be fully prepared for the changes that the new act…
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We are likely to have come across renewal clauses in contracts. Many contracts have terms that stipulate what happens when a contract reaches the end of its life. Some contracts renew automatically, some renew under updated terms, or some say that a renewal can be agreed with new terms. It is the latter form of…
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A federal judge recently made parties select one umpire nominee from the other party’s list. 1 The federal judge then decided between the two. I have not seen this method by a judge. It seems to have pros and cons, although I am intrigued by the concept. One advantage is that by withholding the selection…
