If you are leasing space in a building, there may come a time when you receive a request from your landlord to fill out and sign an estoppel certificate. Estoppel certificates are usually sent to ...

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 ...

If you’re a renter of a multifamily property that has recently been sold, you may have been handed an estoppel certificate by your landlord for the first time and asked to sign it. If you’ve never ...

In my last blog, I explored the ramifications of Office Depot, Inc. v. The District at Howell Mill, LLC, a recent Georgia Court of Appeals case which clearly illustrates what the word “estoppel” in ...

With props to Rodney Dangerfield, some legal documents just don’t get no respect—or at least are not regarded with the importance deserved. That innocuous looking two-page form that the landlord just ...

Q: I recently closed on my condo purchase. I signed a form called an estoppel certificate. The closer didn’t really explain well what it was. What is it that I signed? A: An estoppel certificate is a ...

Senate Bill 398 was signed into law by the governor on June 14. Senate Bill 398 addresses estoppel certificates and expands the scope of the current statutory provisions relating to the issuance of ...

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 ...

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, ...