Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings: A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate

Distilling more than thirty years of transactional experience into one savvy, plain-English treatise, Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts and Closings provides thorough legal, technical, and strategic guidance to help implement dispute-free residential deals more quickly and easily.

This treatise clearly explains the governing law and customary industry practices to ensure that practitioners can successfully prepare for a sale or purchase of real estate, including knowing how to:

• Deal with the appropriate documents, tax issues, and brokers
• Draft and negotiate the contract, with the help of numerous labor-saving sample forms that speed the process
• Prepare for the closing, including the documents and scheduling details
• Close the sale, including delivering and reviewing deeds and other paperwork, and dealing with insurance policies, tax documents, and closing checks

Included are checklists for sellers’ and purchasers’ attorneys that ensure all key steps are taken, as well as highlighted tips that underscore important transactional issues.