If a trust is part of your estate plan, your assets will need to be transferred into it at some point. Most of the time, this is a fairly simple process that requires nothing more than listing the ...

Transfer-on-death deeds can simplify estate plans, but only in some states.

The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in April about an unprecedented increase in quitclaim deed fraud. A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ...

When someone buys or sells a home, the purchase and transfer of the property is always facilitated by a real estate deed — a written document that legally transfers the ownership of a property from ...

Quitclaim deeds transfer property rights without guaranteeing clear title. Use quitclaim deeds for trusted transactions, like altering family property titles. Avoid quitclaim deeds with strangers to ...

Jean Folger has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer covering real estate, investing, active trading, the economy, and retirement planning. She is the co-founder of PowerZone Trading, a ...

Iowans wonder if there is a better way to transfer property that avoids the probate process. We spoke with lawyers familiar with probate in Iowa and groups who are advocating for and against changing ...

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