Commercial real estate transactions are complex and usually involve lenders, brokers, inspectors, title/escrow, and local agencies. With so many moving parts, there’s plenty of room for miscommunication, delays, or legal issues if the deal isn’t actively managed. To...
By Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq. This past week I had the great pleasure of teaching a class about contracts with AZREIA’s fearless (and great) leader, Mike Del Prete. In my preparation for that class, one theme rang clear for me. That theme is that the market is...
Litigation – a word almost nobody likes to hear aside from a small pocket of lawyers who like to be unhappy. If we are being honest, when any investor hears that L-word, they see money going away that they will never get back. Litigation is expensive, time-consuming,...
By: Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq. Times they are a-changin’. Well, Bob Dylan had that mostly right. Actually, what we’re seeing right now is that the interest rates are the ones doing the changing. One of the great things about being a real estate investor is that no...
By Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq., Phocus Law I did not make the title of this article a line from The Offspring just for fun. It is also sound advice for investors. The question I get asked more than ANY other question from real estate investors is some iteration of,...
By: Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq. Originally published in the March 2021 AZREIA Newsletter. View original print here. Typically, I write in this space about topics affecting transactions, contracts, or the nuts and bolts of different aspects of your deals. That is...
