Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Real Property
Texas real estate forms manual
3 volumes. Looseleaf. Updated biennially.
Designed as a practical resource for the real estate attorney, the Texas Real Estate Forms Manual focuses on forms and provides assistance in drafting documents for a real estate transactions with useful commentary to assist attorneys in modifying forms to fit their clients’ legal situations. Transactions covered in this three volume set include deeds, promissory notes, bills of sale, security agreements, ancillary loan documents, residential contracts for deed, documents dealing with foreclosure, water rights conveyances, and mechanic’s lien forms.