Selling a woodland plot: preparing area, inventory and usage status for advisory services
How do I compile a woodland plot understandably for a potential sale when area and existing inventory are not yet sufficiently described.
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The existing tenant wishes to buy: prepare rental accounting and property purchase as two processes
How do I organise the sale to the existing tenant without uncritically mixing rental payments and the planned purchase process.
Selling with a hearing, visual or writing impairment: Preparing the notary appointment appropriately
How do I coordinate a German notarisation appointment if I need special support with hearing, seeing, speaking or writing.
Sell leasehold with limited remaining term: treat expiry, possible extension and compensation separately
How do I prepare a leasehold (Erbbaurecht) for sale in Germany when the expiry and a possible extension are decisive for prospective buyers?
The gifted house is to be sold, the donor needs support: Assess a reclaiming claim early
What should I gather in Germany for advice if a gifted house is to be sold and the donor's neediness is at issue.
After the house sale: land tax still arrives — examine notice and internal cost allocation separately
How do I, as a German property seller, classify a land tax notice received after the handover.
Offering several flats together: Preparing a package without unclear individual objects
How do I prepare a sales offer for several existing flats when the scope of purchase and individual information must match.
House for flat instead of money: examining two property decisions in one exchange proposal
How do I assess an exchange proposal for my German property when I am simultaneously expected to acquire another property myself.
Selling a private house to a company: working through the contract draft before the notary appointment
How do I, as a private seller, use the preparation for a German real estate contract with an entrepreneurial counterparty.
A minor co-owner is involved: Preparing the house sale with representation and approval
Which questions do parents need to ask when planning the sale of a German property with a minor owner before scheduling appointments.
Sale by an executor: do not confuse the estate mandate with the role of heir
Which fundamentals must be clarified for a German property sale when testamentary executorship (Testamentsvollstreckung) has been ordered?
Change of ownership reported to tenants too early: check the notification before the next letter
Why should I, as the seller of a German rented flat, carefully coordinate a notification of the transfer of ownership?