Monique Bryher, Broker/Realtor®
Areas of Expertise: Residential Real Estate
Monique Bryher is a licensed real estate broker and Realtor® who provides consulting, expert witness and litigation support on behalf of attorneys and lending institutions in the following areas:
(1) Sales of real property where the property is being sold from an estate, probate, bankruptcy or divorce.
(2) Expert Consulting and litigation support
∙ Criminal prosecutions involving real estate fraud
∙ Civil litigation involving real estate for the following: (1) Issues and possible conflicts with dual-agency representation (2) Issues with disclosures, including potential fraudulent concealment of material facts
(2) REO (real estate owned / bank-owned) property sales and expert consulting
- Property valuations
∙ Property clean-up, repair and maintenance
- Negotiating move-out settlement costs, aka “cash for keys” with former owners and renters
- Eviction court appearances representing the lender against former owners, renters and squatters
- Bank and asset management company contracts and practices
- Liability issues to both bank and purchaser regarding disclosures
∙ Documenting evidence for police reports resulting from vandalism
(3) Short Sale and expert consulting
- The expectations, conditions and contractual terms lenders have before approving a short sale
- Different kinds of short sale fraud schemes
∙ Short sale fraud investigations