Real Estate Law

You have wanted to invest in commercial real estate for a while, but you aren’t sure where to begin. It’s important that you do think about your motivations for investing as well as thinking about the kind of property that you want to buy. Investing in commercial...

Your family has been hiking to your mountain cottage over neighbor’s land for decades. Do the neighbors have the right to tell you to stop? Depends whether you have a prescriptive easement … An issue that comes up in real estate law fairly often is whether an easement...

This article looks at what property defects home sellers are and are not required to disclose in New Mexico. The last thing somebody wants to learn after they have bought a new home is that the faucets don't work or that the roof is leaking. Almost every state has...

The idea that long-term use of land that is not yours can eventually bring the user ownership rights is unique in U.S. law. Adverse possession is a legal doctrine with which not many are familiar and that has rather extraordinary power in narrow circumstances to...

Boundary disputes may be resolved by negotiated agreement or by trial in court. New Mexican property owners, whether residential, agricultural or commercial, can find themselves embroiled in disputes over where actual boundaries are between their land and neighboring...

Options to purchase real estate are traditionally a one-sided deal-only one party to the contract may exercise the option under its terms. The option holder is not bound to purchase, and if the conditions are not fulfilled, the optionee never acquires the right to...

As a homeowner you are the master of your own universe, but that world may be controlled by the terms in your deed. Most housing developments and even undeveloped land have limitations on what can be done or kept on the premises called restrictive covenants. They are...