Business

Recently I was talking with some college students who asked if they needed to have a living will. These students thought that since they were “young,” a living will would be pointless for them.

If you want to know if a property you are purchasing is owned by the person trying to sell the property, one way to find out is through an “attorney opinion.” An attorney opinion is when a title examiner examines and provides a report on what public records show regarding the title of a property. This report is then used by an attorney to form an opinion on the property’s marketable title.

This week my social media has been flooded with those precious back-to-school photos. Most of the photos are with those fancy chalkboards saying what grade the child’s in and who their teacher is this school year. But some of the back-to-school photos show kids getting on the school bus, some for the very first time!

This time of year, most families with minor children are starting to plan for school to start back up. Families are wrapping up their summer vacations and are starting to think about getting their school supplies.

It is well known that interest rates on borrowed money are significantly higher now than they were last year, and even the year before that. With higher interest rates comes sellers looking for more creative alternatives to traditional mortgages.

Rain is often welcomed after days of excess heat and humidity. If that welcomed rain finally comes to the area, oftentimes people run outside to check their rain gauges. At my house, my husband is often the one to check our rain gauge. Upon checking our rain gauge, my husband lets me know how many tenths of rain we received.

A lot of people like to celebrate big life events while consuming alcohol. Most of the time the alcohol is not consumed at an individual’s house and is instead consumed at a bar, restaurant or a friend’s house during a party.

Some people like to draw up their own legal documents without hiring an attorney. Whether that means a person writes his own will or that a person writes her own power of attorney, both if done and executed properly can be legal documents in Ohio.

There are a lot of roads and bridges in our area under construction. Some are under construction due to being worn down from everyday wear and tear. Others are under construction to remedy safety hazards such as dangerous intersections.

When you purchase real property, you attend a closing (which is not always in person) and the seller(s) sign(s) a deed to you as buyer. This deed identifies the property (with a legal description approved by the county tax map office). Upon the deed getting executed the deed then gets recorded by the title company in the county recorder’s office. In most cases, the original deed then gets returned to the buyer after recording.