Real Estate Law

As a real estate investor in his personal life, Eli Underwood is able to see the world through the lens of an owner and developer.

As real estate forms one of the largest bases of wealth for many individuals and business, disputes over real estate frequently occur because there is so much at stake. Real estate litigation is the formal process of resolving disputes over the ownership, use, sale, and development of real property.

An experienced Sacramento real estate litigation attorney can advise you both about your legal rights, and about your options to ensure that you receive a suitable outcome for your situation. Frequently, parties are aware of only some of their rights, and lose out on valuable opportunities by failing to thoroughly investigate the situation.

Parties retain the firm to assist with these disputes through the use of informal negotiation, mediation, or trial. When important property rights are at stake, the firm is there to ensure that your rights are respected.

Our Sacramento real estate law firm handles everything from quiet title actions, construction disputes, land use and zoning matters, eminent domain proceedings, partition cases. These types of cases can include:

1. Title defects
2. Real estate breach of contract
3. Real estate fraud
4. Real estate partnership disputes
5. Real estate purchase and sale litigation
6. Real estate nondisclosure
7. Land Use entitlements
8. Development agreements
9. Commercial real estate disputes
10. Property ownership disputes

When more than one party owns property, and the parties cannot agree what do with the property, then a partition action may be a good solution. These actions are common when one party wants to stay in the property and the other wants to sell, or when one party wants to buy-out the other but the parties cannot agree on a price. In these situations, a partition by private sale, a partition by appraisal, or a partition in kind may be appropriate under the circumstances.

A “quiet title” action determines who the true owners of a partition action are under the law. These types of actions are common where there are disputes as to the ownership of real property, such as involving breaches of contract, real estate fraud, and easement disputes.

The world is constantly changing, and the development of property must change with it. Owners and developers of property, however, frequently encounter roadblocks during the development process, or when the neighborhood surrounding the property begins to change.

In these instances, property owners may encounter a city or county citation, or nuisance abatement order. These governmental notices are serious matters that must be given due attention at the risk of losing the property. As this process involves interactions with governmental entities, and their attorneys, this process is unlike most types of civil disputes and must be approached differently in order to validly assert a property owner’s rights. The Sacramento real estate law firm is experienced in handling these types of claims, and frequently property and business owners in these situations.