Brian Xavier Pendergraft

The Pendergraft Firm helps real estate investors and businesses with ABCDEF: Agreements, Business entity formation, Closings, Deeds, Evictions, and Foreclosure. For all of your real estate legal needs, it's as simple as ABC, work with me.

Florida Coastal School of Law

J.D. (2013) | Law

2010 - 2013

Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

B.S. (2010) | Philosophy & Religion

2007 - 2010

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Owner

The Pendergraft Firm LLC

2014 - Current

Real Estate Ladies Rock The Rehab, Real Estate Ladies Rock The Rehap, Washington, DC

January 28, 2017

Real Estate Ladies Rock!

Real estate investing class for women. I spoke on joint venture agreements and LLCs for real estate investors.

DC Bar Association

2015 - Current

Maryland State Bar Association

2013 - Current

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2015

Maryland

Since 2013

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Q. My stepdad died 2009. Mother pays mortgage. Loan in stepdad name & deed in both. If mom dies, which kids gets property.

April 23, 2017

A: The Bad Answer: Assuming the deed is a marital deed between your mom and stepdad, once your stepdad died the property was solely hers. If she dies without a will, then the property passes down to her heirs. This can be just you, or both you and your stepsibling if she adopted the stepchild.

The Good Answer: Your mom could just do an estate plan to decide how her estate is divided when she dies to avoid fighting amongst heirs and to minimize expenses.

Q. I purchased a foreclosed home at auction. I found that someone lives there. How do I evict them?

April 23, 2017

A: You can still evict them. I would first attempt to evict "the owner and all occupants" using a forcible/entry and detainer action. If the person living on the property ends up being the former owner then congratulations! If the person living on the property is not the former owner, then they may have some defenses (tenants in foreclosure situations have certain notice requirements that may or may not have been met in your case but I don't know since I did not do the foreclosure), but they should still come to court. You can ask him or her who they are and go from there.