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Benefits of Torrens System

admin — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:24:56 +0000

Who started the Torrens system and Torrens certificates? The Torrens system started from an Australian land reformer called Sir Robert Torrens. Below are some benefits of the Torrens System. There are articles on Torrens System that explains what the Torrens System is and the advantages of the Torrens System. The Torrens System The Torrens system is only permitted [...]

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The Need for Title Insurance

admin — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:57:09 +0000

Title insurance is a critical part of Real Estate and Real Estate investing. There are many places you can get title insurance as well as perform a title insurance search. Below is information about home title insurance, definition of title insurance and why title insurance is important when buying a home. Most people are more [...]

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Land Trust

admin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:04:21 +0000

Land trust is gaining popularity recently as a way to hold a Property title. Land trusts are great devices for privacy and for transferring ownership but land trusts do not offer asset protection. Below are information to help you understand how land trust works. What is land trust? A land trust is an agreement where one party [...]

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Community Property

admin — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:02:34 +0000

In community property states, there is an additional way that married couples can hold title to their Real Estate property, as community property assets. The community Property title is only available to married couples residing in certain states only. There are tax benefits to holding a property as a community property with community property law. [...]

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Right of Survivorship

admin — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:47 +0000

Right of Survivorship refers to Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship or JWROS. Joint Tenancy with right of survivorship provides joint tenants with rights which are different from the rights enjoyed by Tenants in Common. Most people prefer Joint Tenancy with right of survivorship rather than just a Joint Tenancy. What is right of survivorship? The automatic [...]

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Tenants in Common

admin — Sun, 21 May 2006 12:18:00 +0000

Definition tenants in common: Tenants in common is another popular type of Property title. In Joint Tenancy, a joint tenant’s interest in the Real Estate property is undivided whereas a tenant in common’s interest is divided. For example if John and Mary are tenants in common of 50 – 50 partners, then John and Mary each owns [...]

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Joint Tenancy

admin — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:22:12 +0000

Joint tenancy is one of the most common type of Real Estate titles and refers to joint ownership. If two people own one piece of Real Estate property in a joint tenancy agreement then the owners are called joint tenants. What does joint tenancy mean? Joint tenancy means both or all the owners have undivided interest in [...]

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Property Title

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:29:26 +0000

A piece of Real Estate is always owned by someone, an organization, a business or an agency. The legal owner of the Real Estate has the legal right to the property and the property title is in his/her name. When buying Real Estate, the legal property title matters a great deal because even if you [...]

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