Landlords, Party Houses and the Scarlet Notice
If you are a landlord, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has made it clear you may be liable for the overly exuberant merriment of your tenants if you own…
Why Isn’t That Easement On My Survey?
Real estate investors, developers, and even residential property owners who want to know specifically what they are buying or what they already own will often commission a survey. The survey…
Cesspools: Phasing In the Phase Out
In the best of times, it’s hard to find anyone saying anything good about cesspools. And this is hardly the best of times for cesspools. Not Much Good To Say…
Is the DEM Director’s Review of Hearing Officer Decisions Itself Under Review?
The Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has statutory authority to review the decisions of DEM Administrative Adjudication hearing officers pertaining to violations or licenses. (See R.I.Gen. Laws…
Gasoline Station Owners and Buyers – Here’s a Brain Teaser For You
If you think owning or buying a gasoline service station is easy, think again. Consider this conundrum. You are projecting capital expenses and you know that your single-walled tanks must…
Buyers and Sellers Need Protection at Auction
as published in the Providence Business News, February 15-21, 2010 Selling property at auction has become increasingly popular, particular for condominiums and some high end residential properties, given the shattered…
Auctions Can Create Buzz to Close Homes Sales
The implosion of the residential real estate market has forced sellers across the country to rethink how they market real estate in a down, if not devastated, market. Increasingly,…
“Water, Water Every Where, Nor Any Drop to Drink”
That was the lament of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, but it is also sometimes the lament of owners of waterfront and water view property. Saltwater Infiltration Recently I was…
A New Blueprint for Coastal Zone Management
The nation’s first offshore wind farm is now under construction in Rhode Island waters off the coast of Block Island. The five-turbine demonstration project, which will power 17,000 homes, is…
A New Blueprint for Coastal Zone Management
The nation’s first offshore wind farm is now under construction in Rhode Island waters off the coast of Block Island. The five-turbine demonstration project, which will power 17,000 homes, is…