Real Estate Law

The Tobin Firm provides a wide variety of real estate law services. We deliver experienced and practical guidance to individuals buying or selling single-family residences, vacation homes, and land; to title companies looking for document-preparation services; to private-equity lenders seeking advice and loan-document preparation; to investors embarking on substantial real-estate-development projects; and to commercial landlords and tenants negotiating critical lease provisions. Whether you are a one-woman operation, a couple making their first investment, or an institutional investment group, The Tobin Firm can add substantial value to your team at very reasonable rates.

  • Purchase-and-Sale Agreements

  • Deeds, bills of sale, and other transfer instruments

  • Lien Releases

  • Easements

  • Boundary Agreements

  • Title review

  • Commercial Leases

  • Agricultural Leases

  • Commercial Loan Documents

  • Wraparound Mortgages

  • Seller-financing documents

  • Receivership

Representative Matters

  • Represent real-estate investment group in the acquisition, aggregation, and divestiture of substantial inner-city land holdings
  • Advise residential developer in the preparation and negotiation of a boundary agreement
  • Review and revise commercial lease for retail tenants to ensure triple-net provisions, tenant improvement allowances, permitted uses, renewability, and other provisions allowed for the tenant's business to flourish and grow
  • Assist individual investor in developing and implementing a strategy to deploy capital earmarked for real-estate investment
  • Work with residential real-estate investor and its equity partner to develop wraparound mortgage documents for use in acquiring target properties using seller financing
  • ​Advise fast-growing healthcare training company in the acquisition of a commercial building to serve as corporate headquarters, and coordinate due-diligence activities for the purchase
  • Provide legal counseling on real estate matters to veterinary services investment firm
  • Prepare real estate financing documents, including promissory notes, deeds of trust, loan agreements, and ancillary documents
  • Prepare lien releases and deeds, easements, and other conveyance instruments for title companies
  • Represent family in eviction case involving an executory contract for conveyance (contract for deeds)
 

Land Title Services

The Tobin Firm serves as Outside Closing Attorney for Veritas Title Partners, LP. Veritas provides escrow, title, and closing services for all manner of commercial and residential real estate transactions, with the backing of a robust title plant and the ability to write policies with all major underwriters.

Veritas brings to the title closing business a standard of excellence and reputation for first-class, award-winning service. Through Veritas Title, The Tobin Firm can close the following types of transactions in Fort Worth, Houston, and The Woodlands:

  • Residential and commercial real estate acquisitions and sales
  • Acquisition and construction financing
  • Farm and ranch acquisitions and sales
  • Local closings of vacation properties and other acquisitions in most U.S. states.

Escrow Services

When a transaction does not involve title insurance, The Tobin Firm can provide escrow services directly to the parties. Under this approach, the parties sign an escrow agreement with The Tobin Firm; the firm then receives the contract that is the subject of the transaction, prepares a settlement and disbursement statement for the parties' review, and prepares any other closing documents the parties have requested or that are necessary to affect the transaction. ​After receiving the funds from the buyer and depositing them in its Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account (IOLTA), The Tobin Firm coordinates the execution of the closing documents, files any necessary documents in the public records, and disburses the funds according to the disbursement statement to which the parties have agreed.

The Tobin Firm performs its escrow services for a reasonable flat rate. Typically, any additional document preparation is billed either at a flat rate we have established per document, or at our normal hourly rates.

Some types of transactions for which The Tobin Firm can provide escrow services include the following:

  • Real estate purchases and sales that do not involve title insurance
  • Small business mergers and acquisitions
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