Before you can apply to be a licensed real estate appraiser in Virginia, you need to log 1,000 hours of supervised appraisal experience over a period of a...

The HUD-1 Settlement Statement is a document that lists all charges and credits to the buyer and to the seller in a real estate settlement, or all the cha...

Basic Requirements for Serving as a New York Executor Like many states, New York also prohibits people who have felony convictions from serving as an exec...

A bill of sale is a legally recognized documented record of a transaction. A bill of sale may take the form of absolute or conditional depending on the te...

February 18 – The California Supreme Court voids the state’s death penalty, commuting all death sentences to life in prison. February 21–28 – U.S. Preside...

Et al. is short for the Latin expression “et alia,” “et alius,” or “et alii.” Et al. means “and others” or “and the other people” and usually follows the ...

State property and real estate laws often include things like “homestead” protection from creditors, which help small landowners keep their farm or home i...

We pay Social Security benefits monthly. The benefits are paid in the month following the month for which they are due. For example, you would receive you...

It’s now easier to retrofit older homes with increasingly compact air conditioning systems. Unfortunately, many old homes don’t have a convenient space to...

But in order to best protect the confidential nature of the appraiser-client relationship, most appraisers consider as confidential information the identi...