Homeowners Associations/Real Estate
Brennan, Manna & Diamond provides the advice and services required to meet all your real estate needs, whether you are an owner, developer, manager, lender, broker, seller, purchaser, landlord or tenant.
Our attorneys provide the following services to our HOA clients:- Work with the HOA's board to create and amend the association's bylaws, covenants, conditions and restrictions, rules, amendments and articles of incorporation;
- Help enforce the association's rules;
- Offer legal advice and interpret laws as they apply to the association;
- Prepare and review contracts with vendors and employees;
- Assist with association elections;
- Handle collections issues, including the filing of liens, if necessary, against homeowners;
- Represent the board in dealings with government agencies;
- Litigation against developers and contractors;
- Review the association's insurance, and recommend areas where additional coverage is necessary;
- Advise on appropriate procedures and processes when the association is conducting board meetings.
Our attorneys also represent developers, investors, lenders, and businesses in the acquisition, development, financing, sale, and leasing of real estate. We assist in planning the structure of, netotiating, financing, documenting, and closing real estate transactions.
We assist clients in the negotiation and closing of real estate
acquisitions and sales, including the preparation of purchase
agreements, sale/leaseback agreements, conveyance documents, financing
documents, tax-deferred and multiple-party exchange agreements, escrow
instructions, and other related documents. We also are able to assist
our clients in structuring and documenting “like-kind”
exchanges.
The firm negotiates and prepares leases for landlords
and tenants, including ground leases, build-to-suit leases, office
leases, retail leases, industrial leases, and subleases. Our lawyers
assist clients in all types of real estate development, including
residential, multi-family, golf course, shopping center, industrial,
office, hotel, and urban developments. We have experience in the
creation and operation of residential, commercial and mixed-use
condominiums and planned unit developments, and with construction and
design contracts for such projects.
We represent clients seeking
financing as well as varied lending institutions. Our lawyers advise
clients on current methods and alternatives of real estate financing
and assist in the structuring and restructuring and documentation of
interim, permanent and securitized real estate mortgages, loan
agreements and financing and security documents.