An easement in gross is a legal right that allows an individual or entity to use another person's property for a specific purpose without owning it. Unlike easement appurtenant, which is tied to the ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: D is for Deed” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “E.” E is for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Leonard Baron Why Didn’t Agent Tell Me About Easement on Title? Q. Hi Leonard – I’m buying a single family home and luckily my daughter-in-law, a real ...

What is an easement? Sure, it has the word "ease" in it, but most home buyers don't find it easy to understand. (See what we did there?) The term often crops up after buyers have made an offer on a ...

An easement is a common finding during a title search, the crucial step in the homebuying process that confirms the seller’s legal ownership of the property and uncovers any claims or restrictions ...

Q. I own about 1 acre within the city limits on top of a hill. On my recorded deed is an easement within my property lines dedicated to an above-ground sewer line. The sewer is unique to my property.

There is a common misunderstanding regarding how and when to use easements to solve a real estate need. Most people assume easements are only useful for highways and driveways. The truth is an ...

A recent case in the Idaho Supreme Court serves as a good reminder that Idaho takes a somewhat unique approach to allocating responsibility for easement maintenance. In Fletcher v. Lone Mountain Road ...