Quit Claim Deeds Do Not Transfer Real Property

Question: My brother and I bought an investment home in San Tan Valley three years ago. Two months ago, my brother gave me a quit claim deed in exchange for $50,000, and my brother moved to Oregon. After reading your recent column on special warranty deeds and general warranty deeds to transfer a home, I…

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Woman Stuck on Mortgage Despite Divorce

  Question:  Under the terms of my divorce decree last year my ex-husband was awarded title to our Gilbert home.  He was required to pay the mortgage payments on our home.  I even signed a quit claim deed for our home to my ex-husband.  The problem is that when I recently applied for a loan…

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Foreclosure Wipes Out Quit Claim Deed

  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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