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Plain-English guidance on Florida real estate, business law, closings, homestead and estate planning, written by the attorneys who handle these matters every day.

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Business Law

Your Florida LLC protects you much less if you are its only member

A creditor may foreclose on a single-member Florida LLC and become the member. Section 605.0503 bars that remedy for a multi-member LLC.

August 16, 202618 min read

Condominium Law

Buying a commercial condo? Check the ownership percentage before closing

A commercial unit in a Florida condo created between April 1, 1992 and January 1, 1996 may carry an assessment share unrelated to square footage. Learn what the declaration controls.

August 11, 20267 min read

Closings

Florida utility lookup: who to call when you close on a home

Closing on a Florida home? Look up the electric, water and sewer providers on record for your county or city, what they ask a new owner for, and the order to call them in.

August 10, 20264 min read

Property Tax

Florida Save Our Homes & homestead exemption calculator

Free calculator: estimate your Save Our Homes cap savings, homestead exemption, and how much you can port to your next Florida home. Plain-English explanations.

August 10, 20263 min read

Homestead

What happens to Florida homestead and Save Our Homes when one owner moves out

One owner moves out, the other stays. The Save Our Homes cap stays with the house, and the owner who leaves ports nothing. The deed language determines whether that result holds.

August 10, 202612 min read