Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio

Eric Teusink, managing partner and real estate attorney with Williams Teusink, joins host Carol Morgan for this week’s Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio episode. Teusink discusses the legal ramifications of unmarried homebuyers purchasing real estate together in this podcast segment. He explains that it has become common practice in the last 10 to 20 years for people to purchase homes outside of marriage for legal and financial reasons. There is a trend toward delaying marriage and starting families as well, but individuals often don’t want to put off buying their first home with their romantic partner. There are also some homebuyers seeking residences with their friends. Why? Because it makes the significant investment of purchasing a home more affordable for everyone. “I think a lot of different trends are at work here and giving rise to a lot more issues in the back end.” While Teusink mostly runs into homeownership concerns with younger clients (27 to 35 years old), he still receives calls from older clien