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Legal Precision Meets Opportunistic Investing: How Savvy Real-Estate Investors Can Maximize Returns in Today’s Distressed Market Image

Legal Precision Meets Opportunistic Investing: How Savvy Real-Estate Investors Can Maximize Returns in Today’s Distressed Market

Chris Zona

For forward-thinking real-estate investors, mortgage-default litigation can unlock off-market assets, compress deal timelines, and capture risk-adjusted alpha. Indeed, investors can convert distressed credit into dependable, non-correlated returns. The mechanism for unlocking this value often includes the “hammer” that is foreclosure litigation. But it is not that easy.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Adverse Possession Claim UpheldIntent to Abandon Easement Not EstablishedDeed Validity Upheld Despite Absence of Delivery to One Co-Tenant

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Landlord & Tenant Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Kingston’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance UpheldBroker Discriminated On Basis of Disability and Source of IncomeTenant’s Default In Payment of Rent Precludes Defense Based On Breach of Covenant of Quiet EnjoymentGuarantors Bound By Settlement AgreementTenant Challenge to MCI Increases RejectedLandlord Established That Reconfigured Apartment Was Deregulated

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Is Article 9 Compliance Enough to Preserve a Creditor’s Rights In Its Collateral? Image

Is Article 9 Compliance Enough to Preserve a Creditor’s Rights In Its Collateral?

Barbara M. Goodstein & Adam C. Wolk

When it comes to foreclosing on collateral, secured creditors must be cognizant of the statutory requirements of Article 9 of the UCC. Article 9 has very specific rules governing the foreclosure process and the exercise of remedies. But is compliance with those rules enough to preserve a creditor’s rights in its collateral? It seems there is disagreement among courts as to the correct answer.

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Relocating Easements By Servient Owner

Stewart E. Sterk

Under what circumstances can a servient owner relocate an easement? New York's Second Department recently faced that question and reaffirmed the rule that a servient owner cannot unilaterally relocate an easement when the easement agreement depicts the precise location of the easement.

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Opportunity Zone Program Gets Renewal — and An Upgrade — With One Big Beautiful Bill Act Image

Opportunity Zone Program Gets Renewal — and An Upgrade — With One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Coni Rathbone

For investors, real estate developers and communities, with new incentives now available and the permanent status of the QOZ program, substantial tax benefits and the opportunity to improve disadvantaged areas are welcome news for 2025 and beyond.

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How Real Estate Sponsors Can Access Pool of Global Investors and Improve Tax Efficiency Image

How Real Estate Sponsors Can Access Pool of Global Investors and Improve Tax Efficiency

Driscoll R. Ugarte & Anastasios G. Kastrinakis

Raising capital for real estate investments can be a challenge — especially when seeking funding from outside the United States. However, with the right strategy, real estate sponsors — and the developers they often partner with — can access a broader pool of global investors and significantly improve tax efficiency.

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Shared Office Environments Can Save Leasing Costs But Come With Risks Image

Shared Office Environments Can Save Leasing Costs But Come With Risks

Shari Klevens & Alanna Clair

Sharing office space is a useful way to save on the costs of commercial leases, office supplies, and more. Although it is appealing for many, attorneys considering entering such an arrangement should be aware of the risks associated with a shared working environment. Below are some tips attorneys can consider to help protect client confidentiality and maintain other ethical obligations.

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Relocating Easements

Stewart E. Sterk

Under what circumstances can a servient owner relocate an easement? The Second Department recently faced that question and reaffirmed the rule that a servient owner cannot unilaterally relocate an easement when the easement agreement depicts the precise location of the easement.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Claim That an Heir Executed Void Deed to Herself Not Barred By Statute of LimitationsAnticipatory Breach of Sale ContractInvalidation of Foreclosure Judgment Did Not Impair Title of Foreclosure Sale PurchaserEasement By Prescription Claim Fails, But Easement Acquired By Estoppel

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