2017 is all about change. With a
new Republican administration in the
White House and a Republican
Congress we will experience many
changes in statutes, regulations and
public policy throughout 2017,
which will affect real estate transactions,
litigation and our counsel to
our clients related thereto. Our
clients will have changed perspective
and ever-changing needs. While not
all change is good, it’s
healthy to accept change
and embrace it, regardless
of one’s personal
politics.
As an attorney, change is an opportunity,
and those of us who best navigate
change will emerge as the leaders
of our profession as new laws require
new legal leaders. Yet, to leverage
change we must first have a
firm grasp of the current state
of the law. This special section
in The Suffolk Lawyer
delves into what is, to what
will be in real estate law. We
address client management,
complex niche transactions,
litigation incident to transactions,
solutions to the foreclosure
crisis and we even
shed some light on the new administration
as it relates to housing.
In this edition Kenneth J.
Landau, Esq. sets the tone
by giving us a new take on
the KISS Principle as it
relates to real estate transactions in his
article “Give Your Real Estate Clients
(A) K.I.S.S.” Then, the team of Jordan
Fensterman, Esq., Howard
Fensterman, Esq., and Andrew
Kasman, Esq. provides instruction to
the practitioner on the crossroads
of health law and real
estate in “Nursing Home
Transactions.” Thereafter,
Dennis Valet, Esq. sheds
some light on claims against
real estate brokers that typically
result from a case of
buyer’s remorse in “Caveat
Emptor and Why You
Shouldn’t Sue That Real
Estate Broker.” Next, past Real
Property Committee Chair Irwin Izen,
Esq. educates the bar on a recently
enacted statute that charges the New
York Mortgage Agency to both create
and administer the New York
Community Restoration Fund in
“More Help for Distressed
Homeowners.” Lastly, Sabine Franco,
Esq. sheds some light on the nominated
HUD Secretary, Ben Carson, in
“Expectations for HUD.”
These articles are designed to
ground us, educate us and inspire us.
They are the foundation of what is
today because without learning about
today we cannot be prepared to leverage
tomorrow.
In my fifth year as the Special
Section Editor for Real Property, I
need to thank our Editor-in-Chief,
Laura Lane, who has made this all possible.
Thank you to Ms. Lane and to all
our writers. I hope that you enjoy this
edition.
Andrew Lieb, Esq.
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