Our Real Estate Law Practice Group represents developers, individuals, families and business entities in connection with all types of real estate matters, including:

• Acquisitions and sales
• Arbitration
• Boundary disputes
• Closing services
• Commercial and retail leasing
• Condemnation
• Construction contracts
• Construction defects
• Contracts for deed
• Creditor remedies and collections
• Deeds and easements
• Defense of commerce complaints
• Development
• Environmental
• For sale by owner
• Foreclosure and cancellation
• Land development & registration
• Land use
• Landlord matters
• Like kind or 1031 exchanges
• Litigation
• Misrepresentation of buyers/sellers in fraud action
• Mortgage foreclosures
• Multifamily housing including townhouse, condominium and community association law
• New construction
• Purchase agreements
• Quiet title actions
• Real estate backed financing; residential and commercial mortgages
• Title defects
• Title examinations and opinions
• Torrens issues, including land registration proceedings
• Unlawful detainers and evictions
• Zoning and permitting

At Hellmuth & Johnson, we deliver sophisticated counsel and legal services to all of our real estate clients, who consistently rely upon our experience, creativity and practicality.  The combination of our passion for excellence, and the inherent flexibility and efficiency of our expanding practice, makes us a contemporary alternative to the traditional "downtown" law firm model. 

Our clients especially benefit from the counsel of MSBA Board Certified Real Property Law Specialists, a distinction held by a select few Minnesota attorneys.

We handle anything from basic sale transactions to more complex matters involving limited liability entities and land development. Related areas of practice include Community Association Law, Landlord Law and Construction Defects.