Texas Real Estate Legal Services

The legal team at Filippov Law Group, PLLC, offers a full range of real estate legal services of experienced real estate and business lawyers to help businesses and individuals capitalize on market opportunities, reduce risk, and quickly execute real estate transactions.

Real estate lawyers at Filippov Law Group, PLLC, offer individual and corporate clients experience in multi-million-dollar acquisitions, dispositions, real estate development, and leasing, while focusing on the specific needs of each client. Their real estate lawyers represent both buyers and sellers, tenants, landlords, individuals and businesses, commercial owners and developers in their real estate transactions. Whether conducting acquisitions, negotiating an industrial lease or overseeing a multi-property closing, our real estate attorneys offer the knowledge of legal issues involved in complex real estate transactions, combined with the firm’s other practice areas to enhance the services we provide to our clients.

A Full Range Of Real Estate Services

Both as a complement to the firm’s representation of real estate owners and project investors and as an independent practice area, their real estate and business lawyers get involved in the following aspects of real estate asset transactions:

• Commercial leasing
• Purchase a commercial property
• Project deficiencies and their correction
• Property, leasing and asset management contracts
• Insurance-related issues
• Advising on existing real estate relationships, rights and remedies
• Consulting on liability risks for proposed real estate deals
• Deed Preparation
• Preparation of Corporate Resolutions to Approve Commercial Sales
• Full service closings for real estate across the state of Texas
• Real Estate Contract Review and Negotiation

Common Types Of Real Estate Transactions

Real estate transactions in Texas encompass various arrangements depending on client needs and property types. Understanding these common transaction categories helps parties prepare for the legal requirements and documentation involved:

• Purchase and sale agreements: The most frequent transaction type involving residential homes, commercial buildings or undeveloped land. These deals require careful contract drafting, title searches and closing coordination to transfer ownership properly.
• Commercial leasing arrangements: Allow businesses to occupy office space, retail locations or industrial facilities without purchasing property. Lease negotiations address rent amounts, term lengths, maintenance responsibilities and tenant improvement allowances.
• Real estate development projects: Involve acquiring raw land, securing financing, obtaining permits and constructing improvements for eventual sale or lease. Developers work through complex zoning requirements, environmental compliance and construction contracts.
• Property management contracts: Establish relationships between owners and professional managers who handle day-to-day operations, including rent collection, maintenance coordination and tenant relations.

These transactions require experienced legal counsel to protect client interests and complete deals efficiently.

Important Texas Real Estate Laws

Texas real estate transactions operate under a comprehensive legal framework that parties must understand to avoid complications:

• Texas Property Code: This primary statute governs ownership rights, property transfers, landlord-tenant relationships and various lien provisions, providing the foundation for most real estate legal matters.
• Homestead protection laws: Provide Texas residents with strong safeguards against creditors seeking to force property sales, allowing homeowners to protect their primary residence from most creditor claims while property tax liens and mortgage debts remain enforceable.
• Disclosure requirements: Mandate that sellers provide buyers with information about property conditions, potential defects and certain legal matters through forms established by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
• Security deposit regulations: Govern how landlords handle tenant deposits, requiring return within 30 days after lease termination with itemized deduction lists for any amounts withheld.
• Adverse possession statutes: Allow individuals who occupy and improve property publicly for specified periods to potentially gain legal title under different timeframes depending on their legal basis for possession claims.

Understanding these laws helps clients complete transactions smoothly while protecting their rights and interests.

On Your Side For Texas Real Estate Legal Matters

The Texas real estate attorneys at Filippov Law Group, PLLC, provide contract review, due diligence, and negotiation services throughout each real estate transaction to ensure it benefits our clients. They can protect your rights and minimize associated risks and understands the ins and outs of the market and related laws.