Two recent opinions of the Idaho Supreme Court, both filed on the same day, concern what the Court described in one those cases as “a sadly familiar story: an oral real estate transaction gone terribly wrong.”...more
Every once in a while we run across a client who asks us to draft their real estate purchase and sale agreement, but then opts to go it alone when it comes time to close the deal. The recent case of Lee v. Willow Creek Ranch...more
The Idaho Supreme Court provided important lessons to people who deal with rights of first refusal (ROFRs) on real property in its recent decision Mulberry v. Burns Concrete, Inc., No. 45184 (Idaho Feb. 21, 2019). A ROFR is a...more
Anyone who deals with interests in real estate should be aware that Idaho recently adopted a new set of laws governing notaries and acknowledgments. This is important because Idaho law gives special protection to interests in...more
Two recent opinions from the Idaho Supreme Court demonstrate the risks you take when you document a real estate deal without an exact description of the land. In Hoke v. Neyada (Docket No. 43343) (Idaho 2016), the seller of...more
All buyers of real estate know they need to do their homework. That process is sometimes called “due diligence.” But how much diligence is due? The recent decision of the Idaho Supreme Court in Tiller White, LLC v. Canyon...more