Contracts & Deal Structure

The deal you get is the deal you sign.

Price gets the attention. Terms decide who wins. I structure South Florida transactions with the precision of someone who drafts and litigates contracts for a living, because that's the other half of my week.

What Gets Read

Every page, not just the price page

Purchase & sale agreements. Contingencies, deadlines, default remedies, and deposit terms that match your risk, not the other side's.
Counteroffers & addenda. The changes that decide deals, written so they hold up instead of creating ambiguity.
Letters of intent. Set the table for the contract you want before anyone drafts it.
Leases. Residential and commercial, tenant side or landlord side. See leasing services.
Builder & construction paperwork. Builder purchase agreements and construction contracts for your build. See build & design.

Two Hats, Clearly Worn

Agent for the deal. Attorney when you need one.

As your REALTOR® I negotiate terms and run the transaction. When a document needs true legal drafting, review, or advice, that work is done through my law firm, Scheer Legal, under its own engagement agreement with its own fee, agreed in writing before the work starts. Two roles, one standard, zero confusion about who is doing what.

Deal terms negotiated

Price, timing, contingencies, and concessions worked as your agent.

Documents built right

Where legal drafting is needed, Scheer Legal is engaged separately and the paperwork gets attorney treatment.

Structure confirmed

Entity, financing, and timing considerations lined up before signatures. Then diligence.

Questions

Contract FAQs

Which contracts do you work with?

Everything a South Florida deal runs on: purchase and sale agreements, counteroffers and addenda, letters of intent, residential and commercial leases, builder purchase agreements, and construction contracts with your GC. If your deal depends on it, it gets read properly.

Where does the agent's job end and the legal work begin?

As your agent I negotiate the business terms and manage the transaction. Drafting or revising documents as legal work, giving legal advice, and handling disputes are attorney services, and those run through Scheer Legal under a separate written engagement. You always know which role I'm in, and both roles answer to you.

Can't I just use the standard Florida forms?

You can, and for a plain vanilla deal they're often fine. The problem is that nobody tells you when your deal stopped being vanilla. Unusual financing, seller concessions, tenants in place, permits that were never closed out, an estate or entity on the other side. Those are the moments where the standard form quietly works against you.