Jeanne J asked: A buyer has made an offer using a contract for deed; house is 239,900; want to put 1000 earnest money; get an FHA loan (he has been pre-approved for FHA as well as conventional) and we are worried that come next May if he didn’t get the money we would get the [...]

brendan k asked: taxes, attorneys, fees?

tanyarod11 asked: My husband wants the title transferred to our names since we will be moving in. We will be making renovations,installing central air, etc. The house is paid off,no back taxes, no liens. I don’t know if should go to a real estate attorney, title company, or what? She spent [...]

El Peruano asked: I have just won a bid at a sheriff sale auction in Gwinnett County Georgia. The people at the courthouse advised me to get an attorney to go on about the process of 3rd party tax phase. What is 3rd party tax phase? If I do need a lawyer, what type of [...]

Aaron C asked: If a county does a private resale of property that isn’t sold at a tax auction, then who/how do I submit an offer for that property?
Sheriff’s office?
County Attorney?
Tax Assessor/collector?
Any info would be helpful.
Thanks!

alchemy asked: I found an attorney that aquires property from people not paying their property taxes. then he buys them and re-sales and gives a owners title policy. i want to do that but skip having the $20k mark up in price nor the attorney fee. How can i do this? i have found [...]

gregory_usa83 asked: I’m the seller of the house, I received an approval letter stating that “This letter will confirm our acceptance of the short payoff on the above mentioned property, we agree to accept the proceeds generated by the $$$ “as is condition” purchase as full and final satisfaction on the mortgage indebtedness.
besides the IRS [...]

lost in translation asked: I signed a sub-prime loan last year, right before the bubble burst. Long story short my name is not on the tax records and I found out I need to resign my mortgage note. It appears my closing attorney never filed and the previous owners are still listed with the tax [...]

alison a asked: I am working on a property that is in foreclosure in WA state. It is 2 months into the process, $11,500 in back payments and taxes and a few thousand in attorney fees for the mortgage holder’s attorneys. Is there a ballpark estimate of how much attorney fees will be [...]

l_romanmd asked: I filed for chapter 13 a few months ago to save my house. I got behind on property taxes and my mortgage company (Washington Mutual) decided to pay them and not accept any regular mortage payments until the tax debt was paid back to them. I was not aware of this for a [...]