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In Oregon, an unpaid subcontractor can lien your home even after you've paid your contractor. Learn the lien deadlines and how lien waivers protect you.

Most Oregon partition cases settle. The settlements that work best are built from real estate tools — buyouts, private listings, seller-carried financing — not the partition statute alone. An Oregon real estate attorney explains the playbook.

Oregon recognizes four statutory deed forms: the Warranty Deed, Special Warranty Deed, Bargain and Sale Deed, and Quitclaim Deed. They look similar but expose buyers and sellers to very different levels of risk. This article explains what each form does, when to use it, and what can go wrong when the wrong form is used in an Oregon real estate transaction.

If your co-owner refuses to sell jointly owned Oregon real estate, you have three options: negotiate, buy them out, or file a partition lawsuit under ORS 105.205. An Oregon real estate attorney explains how each path works, what the courts can and cannot order, and how the money gets divided.