As if my spending almost an hour last Sunday on the Red Hot Real Estate Show talking about the so-called “Fiscal Cliff Deal” – otherwise known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (even though it was passed on January …
Give up? I wrote about all of these topics in the last two months. As a business attorney, year-end is always hectic for me as I try to help clients get deals done before December 31. This year, with all …
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October’s Legal Minute segments focus on some real estate-related issues involving estate planning. My colleague, Karen Schlotthauer, who focuses her practice on all aspects of estate planning, helped out this month with some very important topics. We discuss the issues …
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The Lommen Abdo team effort on the Legal Minute continues this month with the topic of tax issues. Helping me with this month’s topics is the Co-Chair of Lommen Abdo’s Corporate Group, Tom Dougherty. Tax issues in real estate run the …
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On Saturday, August 25, 2012, I joined several other contributors to the Real Estate Radio Hour at the Minnesota State Fair for a discussion with Co-Host Andy Prasky regarding “hot trends” in our respective industries. Given the present lack of …
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Starting this month, I’ve asked a few colleagues to help with our Legal Minute segments. Up this month is Brent Johnson, one of the ace attorneys in our firm’s Hudson, Wisconsin office. I like to say that Brent is my …
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This month’s Legal Minute segments are all about commercial leases. I talk about the basic legal framework for commercial leases (hint: it’s all about negotiation), the difference between “triple net” and “gross” leases, what an “SNDA” is, and to close …
June’s Legal Minutes are a potpourri of topics from the world of real estate. With summer upon us, life in a homeowners association (particularly one that has rules about what you can do in your yard) is always interesting, as …
One of the disadvantages of doing live radio call-in shows is there is never enough time to answer the callers’ questions with great detail. That is part of the reason that I created the Legal Minute concept – so I …
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(L-R: Andy Prasky, me, Bob Abdo and Mark Miron, Bremer Bank) On Saturday, I made one of my occasional live appearances on the Real Estate Radio Hour. While I’ve done the live show before, this appearance was notable for a …