Barking Dogs, Partnership Breakups, Boundry Line Disputes, neighbors against neighbors,
Guns removed from Households, basements flooding, landlord tenant and construction disputes.
Deposit and commission disputes.
Each of these involved individuals like you and me, local attorneys and real estate agents.
They all involved litigation or the threat of a lawsuit.
The common fabric of each of these disputes, is they involved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
a alternative to litigation. Specifially mediation
Each involved the parties, working with a "neutral" mediator in guiding the parties in crafting a solution to the dispute.
The followings words are expressed by a California Contractor.
"Went into this mediation thinking that this was just a waste of time and money and that there was no way that anyone could make me agree to pay the planitiff any money as I had not done anything wrong. I was looking at owing the opposing side $100,000.00 plus attorney fees. Jim W Hildreth Mediator was able to mediate a $25,000.00 settlement which was agreeable with all parties involved."
California Association of Realtor contracts call our for mediation in a dispute.
It is the wise agent, attorney to make contact early in a dispute to encourage dialog between the parties.
Mediator's can be found by a search with Google or Yahoo or other search engine and typing in Real Estate Mediation, Real Estate Mediator.
The Author Jim W Hildreth is both a private and court appointed mediator who's prime focus is real estate disputes.
http://www.RealEstateMediation.org
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