The Austin City Council met last week to discuss potential solutions to Austin’s housing affordability crisis. Its previous solution – an...

Regardless of the type of entity you are forming, you should always have an operating/partnership agreement. The agreement will help...

Urban farms have repurposed some urban areas to grow and sell produce locally. In Detroit, there are at least 21 urban farms that have...

Last week, I was in Merida, Mexico and was lucky enough to visit the ruins of Uxmal. That these buildings were built 1200 years ago is a...

With the rapid growth of Texas, we have seen a lot more property owner/contractor disputes lately. It is EXTREMELY important, therefore,...

ICON announced this week that it will be building an entire community made up of 3D printed homes. While the technology is not there yet...

When getting title insurance with a real estate purchase, its very important to read the Schedule B exceptions to that coverage. We...

The City of Austin once again extended its eviction moratorium. This extension has a monthly step down in requirements that will expire...

Last Thursday, Elon Musk announced that Tesla was moving its headquarters from California to Austin. While we do not know many details...

The Detroit Homecoming is a great annual event that recruits former residents to come back and see the exciting, new growth. There are a...

Every property owner needs to buy title insurance when purchasing real estate. But beware that a title policy has large exceptions that...

In the early 2010s, Dallas covered a major highway that ran through its downtown and created a park on top of it. I-35 in Austin divides...

Almost every commercial real estate purchase agreement requires an escrow deposit. Usually the contract has a provision that allows the...

Last week, the Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s nationwide eviction moratorium. But state or local eviction moratoriums may still...

The total property taxes owed are a function of the appraised value of your property multiplied by the tax rate set by the local taxing...

Austin is on pace to have the least affordable housing in the country outside of California. As a result, developers keep building...

The effective date of a purchase agreement is the critical time from which all of the rest of the dates of the purchase agreement flow....

Despite a robust economic recovery, some local eviction moratoriums are still in place in Texas. As a result, the local municipalities...

Company towns were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. But because of problems associated with them, they fell out of favor. As a...

Austin and Williamson County are two of four national finalists for a large chipmaking plant that Samsung is going to build. Samsung has...