A recent California case highlights the unreliability of tenant estoppel letters. Frequently, purchasers and lenders will condition their deals on receiving tenant estoppel letters setting forth the ...

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 ...

Purchasers and lenders in commercial real estate transactions often use estoppel certificates to obtain assurances directly from commercial tenants about the status of that tenant’s lease. The purpose ...

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 ...

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, ...

Q. I am looking into purchasing an apartment building for the first time. I have been doing research on the subject and often I see it is recommended that I obtain estoppel letters. What is an ...