How Do Recordable Disclaimers of Interest Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 05/08/2013
- Real Estate
In certain parts of the country, recordable disclaimers of interest are a crucial means by which states settle land-related disputes with the federal government. Written and discharged by the federal government, these documents are the ...
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Mortgage Loan Fraud FAQ, Part 2: How to Avoid Mortgage Fraud
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/29/2013
- Real Estate
Every year, mortgage fraud and predatory lending affect tens of thousands of American borrowers and homeowners. Their collective impact is remarkably diffuse. First-time home-buyers, longtime homeowners, and retirees who own their homes ...
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Mortgage Loan Fraud FAQ, Part 1: What is Mortgage Fraud?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/26/2013
- Real Estate
In the aftermath of the mortgage crisis of the late 2000s, the broad ecosystem of mortgage fraud has been the subject of much scrutiny and hand-wringing. Generally committed by home-buyers or mortgage brokers against banks and other loan ...
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What is a Land Trust? - What you Need to Know about Land Conservancies
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/22/2013
- Real Estate
The process of buying, selling and managing real estate can be a complicated affair. For real estate investors who work full-time jobs or need to manage other investments in addition to their landholdings, these complexities can sap ...
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What is a Compliance Certificate?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/17/2013
- Real Estate
Since the mid-1970s, Compliance Certificates have been an integral part of the real estate business. In the vast majority of local jurisdictions around the country, a piece of property can't legally exist without a corresponding Compliance ...
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Land Patent FAQ, Part 1: What is a Land Patent?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/10/2013
- Real Estate
For many landowners, land patents are a vaguely defined or even foreign concept. These days, the vast majority of regular Americans own their homes or properties through a deed or title issued by their local jurisdiction. In exchange, they ...
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The Top 4 Tax Lien Myths
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 04/08/2013
- Real Estate
A tax lien is the levy placed on a piece of property when the owner on record fails to pay the annual taxes due on that property. There is a remote possibility that an investor could become the property owner after a pre-determined passage ...
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What's Next for the Housing Market?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/22/2013
- Real Estate
With all the economic uncertainty it isn’t surprising the housing market has been unpredictable the past few months. Last spring when it seemed prices were rising, realtors were expecting the inventory to take a jump. Instead people opted ...
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Streamline your Search for Real Property Documents
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/11/2013
- Real Estate
First of all, what, exactly, is real property? According to Investopedia: “Real Property is any property that is attached directly to land, as well as the land itself. Real Property not only includes buildings and other structures, but ...
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