Real Estate

Sapientia attorneys offer a wide range of real estate services, ranging from realtor/broker/mortgage originator licensure and regulatory issues, to construction defect claims, to landlord/tenant issues.  Sapientia’s flexible fee arrangements allow the firm to work cost-effectively in purchase and sale transactions for industrial, commercial, retail, residential, multi-family and mixed-use properties.

Our real estate team brings experience in the following additional areas of Real Property law:

  • Land development and construction activities
  • Title examination, survey and environmental due diligence reviews
  • Real estate investment, debt and equity financing and management
  • Loan documentation, modification, restructuring and enforcement
  • Lender advice/assistance with receivership and foreclosure rights
  • Negotiation and litigation of contract disputes, lien and priority disputes, and bankruptcy proceedings
  • Lease/contract review and advice to close transactions and avoid future disputes
  • Governmental approval process for zoning, platting, comprehensive planning, development agreements, environmental issues, and letters of credit
  • Distressed real estate and troubled real estate loan portfolios
  • Alternatives to judicial foreclosure – Deeds-in-Lieu, Voluntary Foreclosure Agreements, and Forbearance Agreements