Posted by Rich-CA on January 21, 2008 at 08:48:00:
Whoever is on the deed is the owner. That is what deeds are for - defining ownership of specific property. Contact your County Recorder as that is where the recorded deeds (official deeds) are located. Some of the larger ones (not in CA) have an image of the deeds on the web. Others will require you go in to the office to see the deed.
homeowner ID - Posted by jay
Posted by jay on January 21, 2008 at 07:16:23:
What is the best way to make sure the homeowner is really the homeowner?
I also have a homeowner who wants to sell their home, but she lives out of state. How can she prove to me that she’s really the homeowner? (her relatives are helping out)
Reason for Title Insurance - Posted by John Merchant
Posted by John Merchant on February 14, 2008 at 01:24:06:
This is why any careful RE investor would order a title policy from title co., to get proof of seller’s title.
And if, for whatever reason, title co goofs up and doesn’t have what he says he has, and what you have agreed to buy, that TI company now has to stand behind your title and pay you if it’s failure to find the lien, etc., has cost you money and damages.
All the seller (or you, if you’re agreeing to pay for it) has to do, wherever she lives, is call in an order for title policy to one of the local T companies wherever the RE is located…and order the T policy.