Your Top 10 Posts Tell the Story For 2009
Each year, several of us write a news alert covering the "hot" legal topics for commercial real estate finance, with a focus on the prior year. Here's the news alert we did for 2004 [download it]
Wow, reading this old piece is a slap on the face.
What a mistake on our part.
The "story" is NOT what we (lawyers) think it is. Our thoughts might be good guesses; but they remain guesses.
As I wrote for you here at ToughTimes during the last 16 months, I've learned that you will show me the topics that interest you the most.
Sure, you won't show me by posting in the "comment" box below. Instead, you'll vote by reading what interests you.
So, the list below is your story for 2009. These are the blog posts that were most highly read by followers of Tough Times in 2009.
It is a very interesting story.
TOP 10 TOPICS AT TOUGHTIMES:
(Links to the posting are furnished - but be sure to "click" on links to earlier posts in a series.)
#1 New Federal Foreclosure Law Gives Residential Tenants 90 Days to Vacate (link)
#2 Lender Liability Returns: Sample Cases and Situations (link)
#3 Lender’s Top Frequently Asked Questions (link)
#4 Key Differences Between CMBS Loans & Portfolio Loans in the Loan Default Scenario (link)
#5 Uncertain Waters: Scorecard on the CMBS Market (link)
#6 Evaluating Material Adverse Change (MAC) Clauses in the Loan Default Context (link)
#7 Steering Through CMBS Waters: A Primer for Troubled Loans (link)
#8 SARE Cases Causing Big Stir in Bankruptcy Courts (link)
#9 Ticking Sound: Review Your Title Insurance - A Quick Checklist (link)
#10 More on That Ticking Sound: Don’t Forget to Obtain or Verify Insurance Coverage (link)
If clicking these links is just too much for you, here is a PDF collecting all of these blog posts - and bundled as our "2009 Year in Review." [download]
Lesson learned: it is about YOU.
If you have a favorite posting, please tell us about it below.
Very interesting. Now I'm curious what the bottom ten were...and why?