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.




