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As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, states have begun to make their own decisions regarding reopening after months of mandatory stay-at-home orders. Florida began its reopening process earlier than most and has seen a spike in its recorded cases. The state had its record high of cases on June 16, with 2,783 COVID-19 cases confirmed in a single day. With that state’s popularity as a vacation hotspot, some say that the reopening is happening sooner than it should. Florida may have begun to reopen its public spaces, but regulations remain in place to assist those struggling to pay their rent or mortgage to avoid a high number of evictions or foreclosures in the midst of a pandemic.

A plain-English guide to the six kinds of Florida real estate and property disputes owners run into — deal, lease, title, boundary, lien, and construction — what each one turns on, the documents that decide them, and when court is (and isn’t) the right path.

What a Florida breach-of-contract claim generally requires, common defenses, the documents that decide cases, and a clear way to assess your position.