How Florida real estate agents can protect their commissions
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Floridant -- In this video, Board Certified business law specialist attorney David Steinfeld explains how residential and commercial real estate brokers and agents in Florida should properly document their transaction so they can later ensure that they receive their commission from the sale. He also explains how Chapter 475 of the Florida Statutes allows for commercial brokers to record a lien for their commission and how to record that lien for a real estate commission against the property.

David Steinfeld has almost 30 years of experience and is one of the just over 200 board certified business law experts out of the more than 120,000 lawyers licensed in Florida. Mr. Steinfeld opened his business law firm in Palm Beach Gardens almost 15 years ago and practices throughout Florida specializing in business law, business litigation, and real estate and construction disputes.

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Dave is an AV-Preeminent rated business lawyer and has received both Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious Judicial Edition Award for high reviews by judges and its Platinum Client Champion Award for many years. Additionally, Avvo awarded him a 10.0-Superb rating, recognized him with its annual Client Choice Award, and the Justia lawyer reviews website has given him a 10.0 rating.

He has been consistently recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News and World Report, a Florida Super Lawyer, and one of Florida's Legal Elite. He has also been named one of the Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators in South Florida, a Top Lawyer in South Florida, and Top Attorney in Florida by several organizations including being named one of the Best Lawyers in South Florida by the Wall Street Journal.

The video is viewable at https://www.davidsteinfeld.com/how-brokers-and-agents-can-guarantee-their-commissions.html