Q: My boyfriend’s mother died several months back. He wants to either buy his sister out or sell the property, but his sister has refused his …

Q: There are two of us on the title of a home. We own the home as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Is it legal for just one of us to…

Q: The association board of my building wants to take down basic pine trees behind my unit. The trees are healthy and provide no danger to the…

Q: Can a homeowners association have too much cash in reserves? If they do, what are the consequences?

In October, we answered a question from a reader about buying a house that was updated without the necessary permits. (In some areas of the co…

Q: I live in Florida and have a living trust, which was amended in 2006. My daughter is my only heir and has now married. I have moved and pur…

Q: My husband died in 2013. After his death I learned that the title to our home we purchased when we got married was in his name only. The mo…

Q: I have a goal of becoming a first-time homebuyer soon. I picked up Ilyce’s “100 Questions Every First-Time Homebuyer Should Ask” book and f…

Q: In 2006, we purchased a condominium in Chicago on the third floor of a three-story building. Over those years, we’ve experienced water issu…

Reader comment: My husband and I sold a vacant lot in Texas this past year without any agents being involved. We have followed the market clos…