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When you pass along a title with a limited warranty deed, you pass along assurances that the title has not been clouded under your watch. The limited warranty deed doesn’t offer the full set of title assurances that fortify a…
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What Does That Mean? A Guide to Real Estate Lingo
When embarking on a home shopping experience, or simply reading up on deeds, you enter a world of legal jargon and terms of art. We’re on a mission to help our readers become fluent in the language of deeds! In this…
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Thinking of Forming an LLC for Real Estate?
A Few Considerations for Property Investors A limited liability company, or LLC, is easily formed under state law. Its owners are technically called members, and one person can run an LLC as a sole member. If you plan to purchase…
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Is It Time to Place Your Home in a Living Trust?
With a revocable (living) trust, you can assume the role of trustee, and stay in control of your real estate during your lifetime. After you pass away, your living trust becomes a substitute for probate. This is especially helpful if…
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Don’t Be the Intestate Homeowner: Write Your Will
No homeowner should die intestate. In plain English: Every homeowner needs a will. By now, everyone knows life is fragile. Nobody has forever and a day to put an estate plan down in writing. And if you do leave things…
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The Life Estate Deed
Does It Fit Into Your Estate Planning? Have you thought about transferring your home into a co-ownership, so the person you’d like to have your home certainly will have it after you pass away? Whether you want to leave your…
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Airbnb: Why It’s Hot, How It Works
The enduring appeal of the family-run bed-and-breakfast has met technology. With an app from Airbnb (from “air mattress B&B”), or the somewhat similar VRBO (“vacation rental by owner”), homeowners can make money from their extra rooms or even their entire…
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The “House Hacking” Trend: When a House Is a Rental Property Too
House hacking is the art of making a primary residence out of an investment property, having rental income cover the homeowner’s costs. Millennial Money calls it a way to “use other people’s money (tenant rent) to pay down the mortgage and…
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How Does a Grant Deed Work?
The title to a house can be conveyed from one owner to the next by through a transfer of a deed. Different kinds of deeds provide different levels of risk for the person acquiring the title. Among the various types…
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Is a Quitclaim Deed Subject to Tax?
Quitclaims are sometimes used to transfer property interests from one family member to another, or between divorcing spouses. Parents might wonder if they should use quitclaims to pass property to children to avoid the probate process. It’s easy enough to…
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Real Estate Tax Changes Could Be Coming: Spotlight on Capital Gains and the Stepped-Up Cost Basis
A new administration might bring real estate tax changes. No matter what happens in this area, it’s worthwhile to know what’s going on that might affect your plans to bequeath your real estate. So here we take a look at…
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A Guide to Private Mortgage Insurance
Private mortgage insurance, commonly known as PMI, is a specific type of insurance you might have to pay when you take out a mortgage. As a rule, a mortgage lender tacks on the policy, which comes from a private insurance…
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Can Hackers Take the Title to Your Home?
Know the Signs. Prevent Identity Fraud. The title to your home is a precious document. It proves that you own your home and that you may borrow money against your home equity. Can internet hackers take it from you? Cybercriminals…
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Social Media Influence and Real Estate
About three quarters of the U.S. population — some 225 million adults — make regular use of social media. Real estate companies and agents, as well as sellers and buyers, are contributing to this energy, and exploring the opportunities it…
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Home Buyers, Cover Your Assets: Choosing Between Standard and Extended Title Insurance
People have a chance to buy title insurance when they buy homes. Homeowners might give these policies little thought until they need them. And yet, lenders focus pointedly on the matter. Get a mortgage, and you get a lender’s title…
