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Whether
you rent or own your home, you will enter into legal agreements - a lease,
a mortgage, a contract for home repairs.
Here's
useful information on everything from deeds to redecorating.
Renovating Your Home
· ABA Legal Guide to Home Renovation - A brand-new book from the ABA, which provides a comprehensive overview of the law you need to know to renovate your home, including information on insurance, permits, contractors and contracts. Read a sample chapter and table of contents from the product page linked below.
www.abanet.org/abastore/
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10 Tips for Home Renovation
www.abalawinfo.org/abalawinfo10tips2.pdf
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10 Tips for Home Renovation—En Espanol
www.abalawinfo.org/abalawinfo10tips_espanol.pdf
Buying
or Selling Your Home
· SafeBorrowing.org - this site provides useful and accurate information
to help educate consumers about mortgage borrowing.
www.abanet.org/buslaw/safeborrowing/
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Buying and selling your home
- an introduction. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/chapter_4.pdf
Owning Your Home
· ABA Guide to Home Ownership - a comprehensive overview, available
free online or for purchase.
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/home_ownership
/home.html
· Home Ownership - an introduction. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/chapter_5.pdf
· Remodeling and the Law. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/home_remodeling.html
Renting
Your Home
· Renting residential property - an introduction. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/chapter_6.pdf
Liability
· Avoiding liability.
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/home_liability.html
· Liability insurance.
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/home_insurance.html
Your Estate
· Planning Your Estate - answers to the most common questions about the estate planning process, probate and administration of estates, tax planning, and disability planning.
www.abanet.org/rppt/public/home.html
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