An easement in gross is a legal right that allows an individual or entity to use another person's property for a specific purpose without owning it. Unlike easement appurtenant, which is tied to the ...

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: D is for Deed” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “E.” E is for ...

What is an easement? Sure, it has the word "ease" in it, but most home buyers don't find it easy to understand. (See what we did there?) The term often crops up after buyers have made an offer on a ...

Why Didn't Agent Tell Me About Easement on Title? Q. Hi Leonard - I'm buying a single family home and luckily my daughter-in-law, a real estate attorney, noticed an easement on title that gives my ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

Question: We have owned our house for 12 years and have a recorded access easement for a dirt road over our neighbor’s land to the main highway. We have regularly maintained the dirt road. A developer ...

Q: My house was built 2 feet into the utility easements. There is a utility pole with electric transmission wires 3 feet from the back of my house. If the pole should need to be replaced, would the ...

Q: We have a 15-foot driveway/utility easement with our neighbor. Large trees and bushes in the easement portion of that neighbor’s yard are interfering with our ability to use this driveway. The ...