In most every acquisition of a commercial property, the prospective buyer (and the prospective buyer’s lender) will require that the property’s tenants execute an instrument confirming various terms ...

Editor's note: David G. Muller is an attorney with the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., which represents community associations throughout Florida, with offices in Naples, Fort Myers and 11 other ...

Most lawyers think very highly of themselves. Nothing delights a lawyer more than citing an obscure, usually non-English phrase and mansplaining in a patronizing fashion to anyone who isn’t familiar ...

Although commercial lending requirements have relaxed a bit over the past few years, the most recent banking crisis continues to have a lingering effect on commercial real estate transactions which, ...

Estoppel certificates are often the source of much angst for both lenders and borrowers in the context of closing a commercial mortgage loan. Where the collateral property relies upon commercial ...

A commercial purchase and sale contract required the seller to obtain estoppel certificates from building tenants and deliver them to the buyer “two business days” before the Closing Date for the deal ...

Last year, the Florida Legislature introduced a bill to increase the regulations and liabilities for the state’s more than 46,000 community associations for their issuance of estoppel certificates, ...

The first of several bills amending Florida’s condominium, cooperative and homeowners association statutes was signed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Senate Bill 398 was signed into law by the governor on ...

Today begins our annual review of legislation affecting community associations in Florida. Today’s topic, “estoppel certificates.” On June 14, 2017, Gov. Scott signed SB 398, which amends Chapters 718 ...