How Can I Do It? Adding a Partner to a Property Title

By Christopher Combs | July 24, 2022

Question: My girlfriend and I have two children and we have been together for almost ten years. Six years ago when we purchased our Glendale home, we purchased the home in my name only because my girlfriend had some credit problems.  I want my girlfriend now to legally own our home. Do my girlfriend and…

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Foreclosure Wipes Out Quit Claim Deed

By Christopher Combs | December 28, 2014

  Question: We have lived in our Arcadia home in east Phoenix for more than 25 years.  We have always watered and trimmed the oleanders between our home and our neighbors’ home to the east of us.  In 2005 we entered into an agreement with our neighbors to continue to water and trim these oleanders…

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Deed Home to Yourself and Spouse

By Christopher Combs | February 16, 2014

  Question:  Next month, my husband and I are scheduled to close escrow on a home in Chandler.  We have no living children, and we are both elderly,  Due to my husband’s bad credit, however, the mortgage loan and the title of the home will be in my name only.  If something were to happen…

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