Broward Attorney Mark Schecter

Attorney's Profile

COLLEGE:
United States Merchant Marine Academy
LAW SCHOOL:
Cumberland School of Law Samford University
ATTORNEY SINCE:
1974
STATES ADMITTED:
Florida
PRACTICE AREAS:
Real Estate Law, Real Estate, Financing Assistance, Contract Review and Preparation, Commercial Real Estate, Construction Agreements, Residential Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales, Real Estate Brokerage, Mortgage Law, Condominium Law, Buisnes Formation, Real Estate Property Litgation, Buisness Litigation

Mark S. Schecter is the founder and President of Schecter Law and Summa Realty, Inc. Having practiced in the field of real estate and business law in the South Florida area for more than 37 years, and with experience as a licensed real estate broker, his specialized knowledge of transactional law, coupled with his extensive knowledge of real estate law, make him uniquely qualified to handle sophisticated and complex transactional matters.

Attorney's Videos

A building I am considering is occupied by several commercial tenants. If I buy the building, can I evict them?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Are there any special considerations when I am buying a home from a builder in Florida?
Residential Real Estate Law

Are there any special considerations when you are buying new construction?
Residential Real Estate Law

Are verbal agreements to sell land binding, if all of the money exchanged hands?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Can a buyer sue a seller for backing out of the contract?
Residential Real Estate Law

Can a homeowner legally refuse to sell a home to a potential buyer in Florida?
Residential Real Estate Law

Can a real estate broker place a lien on my property?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Can a real estate broker represent both the seller and the buyer of the subject property?
Residential Real Estate Law

Can a real estate deal go ahead even if there is a defect in the legal title?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Can I rescind a purchase of real estate after closing?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Can my lender sell my mortgage to someone else without my consent?
Mortgage Law

Can my real estate broker retain part of the buyer's deposit I retained as liquidated damages?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Can oral promises constitute a valid contract in residential real estate?
Residential Real Estate Law

Can property owners along the beach prevent others from walking along the shore?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Do I need an attorney if I already have a real estate broker?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Do I need an attorney when selling a house?
Residential Real Estate Law

Do I need title insurance?
Residential Real Estate Law

Do the buyer and seller need to be physically present for the closing?
Residential Real Estate Law

Does it make any difference how I take title to commercial real property?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Does the law mandate that the real estate closing take place in the county where the real property is located?
Residential Real Estate Law

Does the radon gas disclosure have to be given to a buyer where the transaction involves the sale of vacant land?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Does title insurance guarantee perfect title?
Residential Real Estate Law

Even though my construction loan is current, the lender stopped funding due to increased risk. What are my rights?
Commercial Real Estate Law

For what reasons can a buyer or seller get out of a contract to purchase a residence in Florida?
Real Estate Litigation Law

For what reasons can a landlord refuse to rent to me in Florida?
Landlord and Tenant Law

How are the proceeds distributed among the owners in a sale resulting from a partition?
Real Estate Litigation Law

How can different people have an interest in the same property?
Residential Real Estate Law

How do I calculate LTV or loan-to-value ratio?
Mortgage Law

How does a buyer assign his or her rights in a sales contract to another party?
Commercial Real Estate Law

How is property appraised?
Mortgage Law

How is the statute of frauds related to real estate?
Real Estate Litigation Law

How much does title insurance cost?
Residential Real Estate Law

I heard the term hazardous waste clean-up. What does it mean?
Commercial Real Estate Law

I want to transfer property to a wholly owned subsidiary. Do I need to pay documentary stamp taxes on the deed?
Commercial Real Estate Law

If a broker's license was inactive when the broker procured a listing, is the listing contract valid?
Residential Real Estate Law

If I am buying commercial real property, do I need an environmental site assessment?
Commercial Real Estate Law

If I hire a real estate broker, why do I need to hire a lawyer?
Residential Real Estate Law

If the inspection is not satisfactory, can the buyer back out of the deal?
Real Estate Litigation Law

If there is no written lease, how much notice must I give my landlord in Florida to terminate a tenancy?
Landlord and Tenant Law

In Florida, what are the real estate agent's obligations with respect to disclosure?
Residential Real Estate Law

Is a comparative market analysis an appraisal?
Residential Real Estate Law

Is a contractor bound by his written estimate of a job?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Is a written lease agreement required for a residential tenancy?
Landlord and Tenant Law

Is the seller of a home required to disclose to a potential buyer a pending code enforcement action against it?
Residential Real Estate Law

Is there recourse in Florida if I suspect the seller lied on the disclosure by answering don't know about the property?
Real Estate Litigation Law

May a commercial lease agreement be verbal?
Landlord and Tenant Law

Must a seller provide a buyer with a written seller property disclosure statement?
Residential Real Estate Law

Should a purchaser and seller of commercial property use a letter of intent?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Under what circumstances can a tenant be liable for double rent?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What are contingencies?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are documentary stamp taxes?
Residential Real Estate Law

What are ejectment actions?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are jumbo loans?
Residential Real Estate Law

What are lender fees?
Mortgage Law

What are mechanic's liens?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are my remedies for a breach of contract?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are provisional remedies?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are receiverships?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What are some common risks involved in a commercial real estate deal?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What are some of the differences between a commercial and residential tenancy?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What are some typical closing costs?
Residential Real Estate Law

What are the differences between a commercial real estate transaction and buying a house?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What are the implications of landmark status being applied to a building in Florida?
Residential Real Estate Law

What are the key provisions of the purchase contract?
Residential Real Estate Law

What are the landlord's maintenance responsibilities?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What are unlawful detainers?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What can make a title defective?
Residential Real Estate Law

What can the seller do in Florida if he or she disagrees with an inspection report?
Residential Real Estate Law

What does an inspection contingency provide?
Residential Real Estate Law

What does as-is, where-is mean?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What does it mean to ascertain title to a property?
Residential Real Estate Law

What does it mean to quiet title?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What elements should be included in the drafting of a written commercial lease?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What exactly is commercial real estate?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What happens if the house is not ready for me to move in on the day of closing?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What happens to a buyer's deposit where the sale does not close?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What happens when one owner of a property wants to sell and another owner does not?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What happens when two different deeds to the property conflict?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What implied warranties are there from a builder of new residential construction in Florida?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a 1031 exchange?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is a Butler Rebate?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a closing protection letter?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a construction loan?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is a constructive eviction?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is a due-on-sales clause?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a fixed-rate loan?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a holdover home seller? And how do I get rid of him?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a home equity line of credit or HELOC?
Mortgage Law

What is a lender liability action?
Mortgage Law

What is a letter of intent?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is a lis pendens?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a listing agent?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a non-conforming use?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a notice of commencement?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is a partition lawsuit?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a power of attorney?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a prescriptive easement?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is a purchase money mortgage?
Mortgage Law

What is a re-issue credit on title insurance?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a tenancy at sufferance?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is a tenancy at will?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is a tenancy by the entirety?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a time is of the essence clause?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is a title commitment?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is a transfer tax?
Property Tax Law

What is a variance and how is it related to residential real estate?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is adverse possession?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is an adjustable-rate loan?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is an attorney-approval contingency?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is an easement?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is an environmental site assessment?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is an estoppel certificate and why is this necessary in the purchase of commercial real property?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What is an order to show cause?
Mortgage Law

What is and who has a fiduciary duty in a real estate transaction in Florida?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is considered procuring cause of a sale of real estate?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is dual agency and is it a problem?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is escrow?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is involved in a home inspection?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is mediation and arbitration?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is negative amortization?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is slander of title?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is specific performance?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is the difference between a joint tenancy with right of survivorship and a tenancy in common?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the difference between a warranty deed and a quitclaim deed?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the difference between marketable and insurable title?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the difference between useable square feet and rentable square feet?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)?
Property Tax Law

What is the landlord's covenant of quiet enjoyment?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is the landlords duty to mitigate?
Landlord and Tenant Law

What is the lender obligated to tell me about the loan in Florida?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the listing agreement?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the seller obligated to disclose to the buyer in Florida?
Residential Real Estate Law

What is the statute of frauds?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What is title insurance?
Residential Real Estate Law

What kinds of transactions are covered under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)?
Residential Real Estate Law

What legal protection do I have in Florida after signing a listing agreement?
Residential Real Estate Law

What legal recourse does a buyer or seller have in Florida if the other party refuses to close?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What options are there with a home contractor who is demanding more money, even though there are unfinished repairs?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What other terms in the listing agreement are negotiable?
Residential Real Estate Law

What rights do minority shareholders have against oppressive majority shareholders in real estate investments?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What should be in a commercial real estate purchase contract?
Commercial Real Estate Law

What should the buyer do if the inspection uncovers material and costly defects?
Residential Real Estate Law

What types of damages are available in a breach of contract for real estate?
Real Estate Litigation Law

What warranties must a landlord provide to all tenants in Florida?
Landlord and Tenant Law

When can I rescind (cancel or terminate) an agreement or contract I signed to purchase property and return my deposit?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Who has decision-making authority when two partners own property 50-50?
Real Estate Litigation Law

Why are notice provisions in a real estate contract important?
Commercial Real Estate Law

Why is a time is of the essence clause important?
Commercial Real Estate Law

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Schecter Law
http://www.schecterrealestatelaw.com

100 North East 3rd Street, Ste. 620
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

(954) 246-3403

About Our Firm

Schecter Law is a full service real estate and transactional law firm that has been providing representation and practical legal solutions for property acquisition, sales, investment and development to the greater South Florida community since 1976. It is our practice to give each client our undivided attention and to dedicate ourselves to our clients' unique needs.

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