Real Estate

So, you found your dream home and agreed on a purchase price with the Seller, but it is “For Sale by Owner.”  That means there is no realtor to guide you and the seller through the [...]

Scott Jackman has been practicing law in Wausau for more than 20 years. Most recently, he was the principal in his own firm – Jackman Law Firm, LLC. In October 2017, he merged his real [...]

Illegal Provisions May Void Lease Many Wisconsin landlords are not aware that if they have an illegal provision in their Wisconsin rental agreement form, the entire agreement may be [...]

A Wisconsin appellate court ruled in U.S. Bank v. Landa, 2010AP3036, that a loan agreement designating one loan as the “second mortgage” controlled, even though the “second mortgage” [...]

In Wisconsin, the holder of a mortgage (typically a bank) must wait six months (the “redemption period”) from the date of a foreclosure judgment to hold a foreclosure sale of [...]