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The Power Of Pattern
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A Riddle for the Ages
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Do We Really Want Less Government?
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The Legacy Of The Silly Years
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Beyond The Silly Years
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HOA And Condominium Management
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Introduction To Short Sales Presentation To The Attorney's Title Insurance Fund
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Siren's Song
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Amendment to Fla. Stat. §702.06
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If You're Watching The Market You're Not Watching The Ball
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What Is A Ponzi Scheme?
A New Year's Wish
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Can I Give It Back to the Bank?
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The Value of a Tree
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For the Good of the Order
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What a Pot of Stew Has in Common With a Real Estate Short Sale
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Sometimes Your First Loss Is Your Best Loss
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Foreclosed Properties
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Specific Performance May Be No Performance at All
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What Title Insurance Does Not Do
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One Percent Sales Tax
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Are All Title Policies The Same?
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The Dumbest Thing We Do Every Day
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To Exchange Is Minimum Professional Advice
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Do You Really Need A Lawyer?
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Affordable Housing Myth
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"Affordable Housing" : At What Cost, And To Whom?
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When Little Things Grow To Big Things
The Goose Is Not Dead
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Whom Does The Closing Agent Protect?
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Arbitration, Or Not
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The Real Estate Flip-a Coin With Two Sides
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Beware The Title
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We Are What We Build And Choose Not To Build
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When is "Location" Not the Only Important Word?
How Much Profit Is Enough?
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Does It Matter Who Closes My Real Estate Deal?
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Why Not Own The Title Company?
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All That Glitter Is Not Gold
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Why Should You Get A Survey?
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Radio Interview: Attorney Brian Corlew
GET THE MOST FROM A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
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Your Rights When You Are Pulled Over
An Urgent Message
Can I Get a DUI for Medical Marijuana in Florida?
March
The Penalties for Underage Drinking & Driving in Florida
When Should I Update My Estate Plan?
E-Signatures and the Statute of Frauds
February
When Should You Start Thinking About Estate Planning?
Questions To Ask Yourself As You Begin Estate Planning
A Message To Subdivision Owners
January
Common Property Valuation Conflicts
My Best Round of Golf
Choosing between a Short Sale & a Voluntary Foreclosure
2018
December
Is My Landlord Responsible for Repairs?
HURRICANE MICHAEL INSURANCE CLAIMS
November
Top Real Estate Disputes Among Buyers and Sellers
Can My Landlord Evict Me?
October
LESSONS FROM A LIFE IN REAL ESTATE
Visitation Rights for Deployed Parents
August
The "Big Five" Life Planning Essentials
How to Possibly avoid Probate with an Estate Plan
Prenuptial Agreements: Breaking the Idea to Your Fiancé
A HIGH-WIRE ACT WITHOUT A NET
July
HE WHO HEARS NO MUSIC WILL DANCE ALONE
When a Player Absent from the Table Has Cards in the Game
June
Should I Involve an Attorney When I Buy or Sell My Home?
Issues You Might Face During Divorce
How to Enforce a Child Support Order
May
More on a Transportation District
COASTAL HOMES ARTICLE
Home Ownership
Our Newest Shareholder Tara Hagan
What's in your black bag?
March
President's Circle for 2017 | Emerald Coast Divorce Lawyers
Should I Sell My Wedding Ring?
February
Should I Move Out During Divorce?
January
Can I Change My Divorce Agreement?
2017
December
We Are Donating 76 Amazon Gift Cards to Teenagers for Christmas!
What Rights Do Unmarried Parents Have?
3 Mistakes to Avoid as a Divorcing Parent
Benefits of a Prenuptial Agreement
The Reverse Mortgage Cross-Over
November
Letter To The Editor
An Act of God
October
What Are the Risks of Online Divorce Services?
Selective Enforcement as a Defense
Estate Planning & Divorce
September
Mediation: "Collaborate Early; Save Time, Money, and Heartache"
An Attorney’s Role in Landlord-Tenant Disputes
August
A DEED NOT FOR THE BIRDS
July
The Dangers of Using Social Media During a Divorce
Retroactive Child Support
June
Summer Break Custody
Preparing for a High-Asset Divorce
Was Diogenes Searching for Insurance?
Homeowner’s Association Disputes
May
How to Get a Restraining Order in Florida
Attorney Ashley Rogers is now a Certified Circuit Mediator
Silver Award-Winning Law Firm in Emerald Coast, FL
What You Must Know About Flood Insurance
Real Estate Development Risk Assessment
April
How to Best Prepare for an Adoption
Overview of Homestead Exemptions in Florida
One if by Land, Two if by Sea But What if the Land is by the Sea
A Lawyers' Invitation
March
How are Real Estate Closings Like a Game of Poker?
February
A Coin With Many Sides
Common Divorce Myths
January
Discussing Your Divorce with Your Children
2016
December
Merry Christmas from Chesser & Barr, P.A.
Common Holiday Visitation Schedule Issues
Why Inspection Protection is Better than a Spouse in the House
November
Great Time to Buy
October
When Close is Not Enough
September
Attorney Ashley Rogers Receives 850 Magazine Pinnacle Award
Rich man, Poor man, Businessman, Grief; A Primer on the Costs of Litigation
August
You Want to do What?
July
Attorney Mike Chesser Secures $1.2 Million Settlement
If a Lawyer can't help his friend, who can he help?
June
Chesser & Barr, P.A. Receives 2015 Fund President's Circle Award
What Must A Realtor Disclose, And Why?
May
Attorney J. Michael Hamby Gives Back with Healthy Start Coalition
Chesser & Barr, P.A. Receives 2016 Legal Elite Award
Your Everyday, Garden Variety, Riddle for Lawyers
April
Chesser & Bar, P.A. Sponsors Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting
2015
December
Of What Commodity Can It Truly Be Said, "You Will Never Have Enough"?
You Will Never Have Enough!
October
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
September
Florida Real Estate Questions.com
2014
September
More On Saying What You Mean
August
Careful What You Say, Someone May Believe You
July
WHAT WE DO IS WHO WE ARE
Let No House Be Left Behind
June
When They Tell You It's Urgent
April
What Do Music And Real Estate Have In Common?
Why Do You Need a Realtor?
March
Confusion is the Enemy
February
What is a "Non-Profit"?
January
What's Wrong With My Lawyer?
2013
December
Donating Real Estate to Charity
A Christmas Wish
October
Why "Collateralized" And "Securitized" Are Not The Same
September
Surprise is Not for Real Estate Investment
August
One More Way We Depend on Each Other
Condominium Boat Docks are a Special Breed of Cat
July
The EMD - Is There "Skin In The Game"?
June
Only God Can Make a Tree
May
Riddle Me This: When Can A House Never Be A Home?
April
What Does the American Indian Teach the 21st Century?
March
When Should You File a Lawsuit?
February
Rental Management Is Good Business, Until It Isn't
January
A Method Made For the Moment
2012
December
Who Comes To Closing?
October
Chasing Our Tails
August
The Mortgage Modification Myth
July
Even More Unwanted Advice. This Time, About Taxes
June
Mostly Unwanted Advice for "short-sellers" and for Owners of Property in Foreclosure
May
Below the Line Confusion
April
The ADA Trumps All
March
How To Be Professional About A Survey
February
Now You See It, Now You Don't
2011
December
When is an "Official Check" not so official?
A Word to the Business World
November
What Do You Do When The Menu Is "Elephant"?
October
Ground Zero: The Place Where Law And Fact Collide
September
The Most Important Question in all of Real Estate
August
Same Song, Different Verse
July
An Easement With Benefits
June
Not all the fraud comes from Wall Street
May
What's The Difference Between Working Out Your Mortgage And Going To War?
April
The Last Line of Defense
March
Be Careful of the Word "Value"
February
A Primer for Adjacent Landowners & Their Lawyers
January
What Is A Judgment And Why Does It Matter?
2010
December
If You Build A House, Build It Well
November
Contracts 101; Avoid Arbitration
October
One Legal Effect Of Marriage
September
The Power Of Pattern
August
What Do You Do When Your Artery Is Clogged?
June
A Riddle for the Ages
May
How Much Damage Can One Gas Line Cause?
April
Where Do We Go From Here?
March
Why The Rental Manager Will Be King
February
"What Do You Do In A Down Market"
2009
December
The Underside Of Reverse Mortgages
November
Can We Get America Back
October
The World Is Not Only Flat, It Hasn't Got A Ripple
September
Hell in a Very Small Space
August
What is a "Professional"?
July
Cut Your Losses - Carefully
May
I Sell Title Insurance
April
The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Keeps Rolling
March
The Rest of the Story
February
Why Chapter 11?
January
Use Your Attorney
2008
December
A New Year Prediction
September
Do We Really Want Less Government?
August
The Legacy Of The Silly Years
July
Beyond The Silly Years
June
HOA And Condominium Management
May
Introduction To Short Sales Presentation To The Attorney's Title Insurance Fund
April
Siren's Song
March
Amendment to Fla. Stat. §702.06
February
If You're Watching The Market You're Not Watching The Ball
2007
December
What Is A Ponzi Scheme?
A New Year's Wish
November
Can I Give It Back to the Bank?
September
The Value of a Tree
August
For the Good of the Order
July
What a Pot of Stew Has in Common With a Real Estate Short Sale
May
What Is the American Way?
March
Sometimes Your First Loss Is Your Best Loss
February
Foreclosed Properties
January
Specific Performance May Be No Performance at All
2006
December
To List Or Not To List
November
When You Smell Something Odd
October
What Title Insurance Does Not Do
September
What Now?
August
One Percent Sales Tax
July
Are All Title Policies The Same?
June
The Dumbest Thing We Do Every Day
May
To Exchange Is Minimum Professional Advice
March
Do You Really Need A Lawyer?
February
Affordable Housing Myth
January
"Affordable Housing" : At What Cost, And To Whom?
2005
December
When Little Things Grow To Big Things
The Goose Is Not Dead
November
Whom Does The Closing Agent Protect?
October
Arbitration, Or Not
June
The Real Estate Flip-a Coin With Two Sides
2004
December
Beware The Title
2003
April
We Are What We Build And Choose Not To Build
February
When is "Location" Not the Only Important Word?
How Much Profit Is Enough?
2002
February
Does It Matter Who Closes My Real Estate Deal?
January
Why Not Own The Title Company?
2001
June
All That Glitter Is Not Gold
April
Why Should You Get A Survey?
2000
February
A Sharper Image
January
If A Tree Falls In The Woods, Which Way Will It Fall?
1998
April
A Lion In A Cage Is Harmless
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