01Oct

Quitclaim or Special Warranty Deed May Negate Your Title Insurance Policy

Published in Attorney at Law Magazine, Greater Salt Lake City Edition Vol. 2 No.5 Real property owners routinely use quitclaim or special warranty deeds to transfer properties. The forms do not contain the usual covenants or warranties.  However, the use of such deeds may leave the grantor without any title insurance coverage to protect against past defects.  Owners […]
05Aug

The Argot of Title Insurance

Author: William G. Garbina Published in the 2014 Great Salt edition of Attorney at Law Magazine, Vol. 2. No. 4 Abstract of Title. Preliminary Title Report. Condition of Title Report. Title Policy. Title Search. Commitment. Title Report. Even for those in the industry, the imprecision of casual communication causes confusion. Many times well-meaning, intelligent, educated real […]
12May

Women in Law, Leslie Van Frank

Published in  the May 2014 edition of the Greater Salt Lake Attorney at Law Magazine. By Melissa Stewart Women like Leslie Van Frank, an attorney at Cohne, Rappaport & Segal, demonstrate each day of their career that gender isn’t a factor in the success of a legal career. While it’s true that gender bias still exists, […]
13Feb

Changes to Utah HOA Law up the Ante for Boards and Practitioners

Published in Greater Salt Lake Edition of Attorney at Law Magazine, Vol.2 No.1. By Kevin Dwyer The 2008 housing crisis was a wake-up call to many sectors of the real estate industry.  In Utah, no sector has seen the kind of sweeping changes that homeowners associations (HOAs) have experienced through the imposition of new statutory […]
13Feb

The 1031 Exchange – The Comeback?

Author: Ray M. Beck Published in the Greater Salt Lake City Edition of Attorney at Law Magazine, Vo1. No. 2. Before the economic collapse of 2008, the 1031 exchange was the darling of the real estate investment world and allowed investors to defer, if not ultimately avoid, taxation upon their gains.  But with the economic collapse, the need […]
18Jun

Time To Revisit The 1031 Exchange

Author: Ray M. Beck Published in the May 20-26, 2031 Real Estate Focus Issue of  The Enterprise, Utah’s Business Journal By Kevin Dwyer            After years of lurking underneath the rubble of the financial, economic and real estate collapse that commenced in 2008, conditions may be ripening for the reemergence of the 1031 exchange.  Prior to the collapse, […]
10May

What? — 1031 Exchanges For Trucking?

Author: Ray M. Beck Published in The Enterprise May 6-12, 2013 Focus: Trucking & Logistics edition Mention the term “1031 exchange” in the real estate world and almost everyone you talk to has completed one or knows someone who has.  The tax benefits of like-kind exchanges, especially since the adoption of deferred exchange regulations, have long been touted as the tax […]

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