Tag: Life Estate Deeds
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Understanding Life Estate Deeds: Benefits and Drawbacks
It’s possible to deed your property into a co-ownership with the person who will receive your home after your life. Perhaps you plan to leave your house to an adult child, or even a friend. A life estate deed is one option. It keeps you in your home for life. After your life, your home bypasses probate,…
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Quitclaim Forgery Is Snatching Florida Homes From Seniors and Dead People
Some people will steal their own mothers’ homes. In a stunning case of deed fraud, a woman named Wanda donned a wig and pretended to be her own elderly mother, then tried to steal her home in Hillsborough County, Florida. A video recording shows Wanda using the Notarize computer-based notary service, signing a quitclaim deed.…