Virginia H. Gaburo & Associates' California Real Estate Practice

Virginia H. Gaburo & Associates has extensive experience in real estate law matters. We have represented homeowners, developers, contractors and subcontractors, and buyers and sellers, in real estate sales, construction defect, misrepresentation and a variety of other cases. The following is a non-exclusive list of some of the areas of our expertise:

• Negotiation, drafting and enforcement of:
  • Real estate purchase contracts
  • Real estate sales and leasing listing and commissions contracts
  • Property management agreements
  • General contractor and subcontractor contracts for original and remodel construction
  • Home improvement and swimming pool contracts
  • Commercial and residential leases
• Boundary and easement disputes
• Quiet title actions
• Gaining access to land-locked property
• Trespass and encroachments
• Disclosures and non-disclosures in real estate sales
• Creation, enforcement and expungement of mechanic's liens and stop notices in California and jurisdictions throughout the United States
• Preliminary injunctions and litigation for the return of real estate deposits held in escrow
• Land development investments
• Beneficiary demands and reconveyance of title
• Trust deed and judgment lien foreclosures, receiverships and collection of rents and profits
• Construction defects and defective workmanship re new homes and remodels-defective drainage, water leaks, soils subsidence, leaking windows, doors and roofs, cracked slabs, etc.
• Underground excavation
• Fire and flood cleanup, dry-out, renovation and remodel
• Enforcement of payment under construction contracts; dealing with pay-when-paid clauses
• Contractual and equitable indemnity claims in real estate and construction contexts
• Contractor licensing and bonding issues
• House and termite inspection reports and liability for same
• Unauthorized tree and shrub removal, and view obstruction
• Preparation of timelines and instructions on how to preserve the right to make and perfect mechanic's liens and stop notices
• Premises liability and liability for sidewalks and boulevards
• Foreclosures, short sales, and debt cancellation liability
• Seller take-back promissory notes and trust deeds
• Homeowners association (HOA) disputes, enforcement and amendment of CC&R's, dues, fines, etc.
• Title insurance litigation

Virginia Gaburo has been a featured speaker at the Women in Real Estate Symposium for Greater San Diego, and has represented clients in real estate transactions, litigation, arbitrations and mediations for a period of over 20 years. We know real estate, and will give your transaction, problem, concern or dispute our undivided attention and uncompromised efforts.