Earnest Money: When You Get It Back, and When You Lose It
How earnest money works in an Illinois home purchase: the contingencies (attorney review, inspection, financing, appraisal) that return your deposit, and the defaults that forfeit it.
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Cannabis Real Estate & Local Zoning: Eliminate Bad Sites Before the Lease
Cannabis site diligence should identify zoning, distance, local-approval, owner-consent, facility, and regulator requirements before the operator makes a major nonrefundable commitment. A state license and a signed lease do not make a parcel legally usable.
Cannabis Local Approval & Zoning Readiness Worksheet
Test the exact parcel against state siting rules, local zoning, buffer distances, permit sequencing, contract contingencies, and operating conditions before committing capital.
Cannabis Local Approval and Zoning Readiness Worksheet: Illinois Local Authority, Missouri Distance and Voter-Ban Rules, and Approval Sequencing
Test a cannabis site before committing capital: Illinois local zoning authority, craft grower siting limits, Missouri’s 1,000-foot rule and voter bans, permit sequencing, and lease contingencies.
Checklist: Chicago Condominium Closing Documents and Association Issues
The association documents a Chicago condominium buyer should obtain under 765 ILCS 605/22.1, what to look for in the budget, reserves, minutes, insurance, and litigation, and when each one matters in the transaction.