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Feb 71 min read

BAD WORD: “QUIT CLAIM DEED”

I said a bad word on the radio—“Quit Claim Deed.” Don’t say that in front of your mother or write it on the bathroom wall! When you...

Jan 31 min read

BAD BUSINESS

Q: Can I buy title insurance for more than what I paid for the property? A: You can’t arbitrarily overpay for title insurance,...

Dec 18, 20232 min read

AVOID DOUBLE NEGATIVES

If you can afford a house, you cannot not afford to get title insurance. Does that make any sense? What I’m trying to say is that no...

Nov 28, 20231 min read

ATTENTION ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH RESIDENTS

Just because you can get a County Permit to change your property in St. Augustine South does not mean those changes are condoned on the...

Oct 25, 20231 min read

Harvest Time

You reap what you sow—it doesn’t always work that way. The Golden Rule gets bent around those who have the gold and want to make the...

Sep 19, 20231 min read

All For The Best

Some people are born to live at ease, doing what they please, richer than the bees are in honey…the rest of us have to work for a living....

Aug 15, 20231 min read

The $10,000 Question

What would you do with $10,000? Was your first answer: “Pay legal fees for a lawsuit I could have prevented for a nano-fraction of that...