A person interested in purchasing real property should always determine whether any easements burden or benefit the real property and the impact such easements have on the real property. An easement ...

You may think of an easement as just a right of way — that is given over your property — to a utility company for overhead power lines, phone cables or underground water pipes. Many properties have ...

Okay, you’re thinking, this is going to be one of Robbins’ columns on some bit of legal arcana. Well sort of… but not really. Especially if you care about your pocket book.Easements by necessity are, ...

Question: I purchased a property with a shared driveway easement with my neighbor. What is an easement, and how do I allocate costs of maintaining and repairing the driveway with my neighbor? Do I ...

On June 26, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 799 (HB 799) into law. HB 799 allows property owners in Florida to create easements on their own land while retaining ownership of both the dominant and ...

At the present time, finding real estate property to buy has been compared to finding the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot. Buyers of land have become more creative and aggressive than ever before in ...

Since Congress passed the bipartisan legislation that created conservation easements in 1980, the amount of land permanently protected from development has increased significantly. Today, nearly 30 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter J Reilly is a Forbes contributor who covers taxes. “In September 2013 Coal Property Holdings, LLC (Coal Holdings), acquired ...