Jason B. Lingerfelt, Attorney at Law – North Georgia Real Estate Closing Attorney – "A Realtor's Friend"

During a closing, or real estate sale transaction, I get asked a lot by agents and new home buyers, “What is the Homestead Exemption?” “How, and where, do I file for my Homestead Exemption?” and “How much is the Homestead Exemption?” In this blog I will cover each one of these. What is the Homestead [...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is getting a lot of headlines in the last few weeks. A quick summary of the CFPB (directly from their website http://www.consumerfinance.gov/the-bureau/): “The consumer bureau will work to make sure that consumers have the information they need to understand the terms of their agreements with financial companies. It will also [...]