When you prepare to purchase a home, you'll usually find an avalanche of paperwork you must complete. A deed of trust is one document you should not sign without understanding its implications. In a ...

When buying a home, it’s easy to get lost in the terminology. Understanding key terms and requirements can become confusing. For example, some states require a deed of trust while others require a ...

If you are planning to invest in turnkey real estate development collateralized by real property, one of the top items on your due-diligence check list should be to determine which mortgage theory the ...

Q: I’m still confused about mortgages and deeds. You’ve said that you get a deed whether there is a mortgage on the home or not, but when I bought my house using a mortgage, I was never given the deed ...

Q: You recently wrote that a person who has a mortgage on their home should still have received a deed. I was told that if you have a mortgage, you receive the deed when you pay it off. What happens ...