A warranty deed, as its name suggests, comes with warranties. The person or persons transferring the property, whether it’s being bought as a residence or as an investment guarantee they own it and ...

Q: My wife and I, along with my brother and his wife, bought a vacation home in 2010. Each couple took half. The home is in California, and the four of us are Canadian. The title for the home in ...

Quick; What's the difference between a warranty deed and a quitclaim deed? Maybe you thought that the term was "quick" claim deed. Here is everything you wanted to know about deeds but never got ...

Dear Monty: We want to give our son a quitclaim deed to our house, which he rents from us. We still have a mortgage of $117,000 on the home. What is our obligation in this transition? Monty's Answer: ...

A quitclaim deed, sometimes referred to as a non-warranty deed, is a document used to transfer interest in a property. Common terms utilized alongside quitclaim deeds are “grantor” and “grantee.” In ...

Question: I have owned my home in Goodyear for six years by myself. I got title insurance at the time I purchased. I recently got married and want to add my new husband to the title to the home. Can I ...

You're negotiating to buy a piece of real estate and your attorney tells you that the seller is proposing to give you a "Special Warranty Deed" in exchange for all of the money you will pay. Special ...

There’s a lot at stake when buying a home. After all, it’s likely the biggest purchase you’ll make in your lifetime. The last thing you want is to close on your dream home only to have a bank come ...

It has been almost four years since I have discussed deeds in any detail in this column. If you own your own home you have probably seen a deed. It’s only one page long. It's pretty simple - not! It ...

There’s something about the phrase “quit claim deed” that makes people want to use it. Perhaps it’s because some folks call it a “quick claim” deed, and maybe that leads some to hope that a quick deed ...

Question: I have another question about quitclaim deeds. In a recent column, you talked about a fiance who wanted to file a quitclaim deed to separate himself from his future wife’s ownership of the ...

I had a client in this week for her annual review of her fully-funded trust-based estate plan. She asked me about other types of planning by acquaintances about which she has become aware, and the ...