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Most people think settlement ends a dispute. But a settlement agreement is a legally binding contract, and disputes regarding compliance can arise. A recent decision from the Washington Court of Appeals, Cai v. Wen, illustrates how a settlement compliance dispute unfolds. Following an investment dispute, Daoying Cai and Boheng Wen entered into a settlement agreement… Read More

In the Spring of 2025 (with slight modifications made earlier just this last June), the Washington State legislature passed a new statute, RCW 61.40.010, which applies Chapter 19.86 RCW, best known as the Consumer Protection Act, in certain circumstances involving the solicitation of real property. More specifically, RCW 61.40.010 applies to real estate transactions executed on… Read More

Maybe you are in the process of buying a home. Maybe you have lived there for years. At some point, you might have asked yourself is that fence really on the actual property line? Figuring out where your land ends and your neighbor’s begins can be more complex than you think. The recent Washington Court of Appeals… Read More

An easement is a nonpossessory right to use or enjoy someone else’s land. In other words, an easement grants the holder a limited privilege to perform certain acts on someone else’s land without owning that land. It is a right to use, but not own (outright), the land owned by another. There are two major… Read More

In this Webinar, Attorney Babak Shamsi from our Real Estate and Litigations Transactions Group discusses "Enforcement and Termination of Easements” https://youtu.be/O_rIeF0bBiM?si=xIm5QoTDQ6r4UDF1&t=13 Read More

Many property owners are familiar with letter solicitations offering out of the blue to buy real estate.  Almost invariably, these offers propose to purchase property will little to no due diligence and for far below market value.  Solicitations may also come by text, email, cold calls, or even door knocking.  While sellers statistically ignore the… Read More

Real estate syndications are often built on optimism. Investors gather around a promising apartment acquisition, development opportunity, or value-add project with the expectation that the sponsor will execute the business plan, distribute returns, and communicate clearly along the way. In strong markets, many problems remain hidden beneath rising property values and easy refinancing conditions. When… Read More

In Washington State, when a property owner defaults on a loan secured by a deed of trust, the beneficiary under the deed of trust has many options for enforcement, including, but not limited to, nonjudicial foreclosure, a statutory procedure governed under RCW 61.24 (known as the “Deed of Trust Act” or “DTA”). The DTA enables… Read More

A few years ago, I wrote an article regarding seller financing here. The real estate market in Western Washington has cooled down since then, but nonetheless, opportunities continue to abound for buyers seeking to purchase a home. Unfortunately, sometimes purchasing a home with conventional lending involves too many requirements that certain prospective purchasers cannot meet. Sometimes,… Read More