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ALTA: Protecting property rights with title insurance

Housing Wire

For most real estate industry professionals, title insurance needs no introduction. A trusted product , title insurance has been used to protect real estate transactions and property rights for over a century. Title insurance is different than most other insurance products. Diane Tomb, ALTA CEO Contributor.

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Remote online notarization is the proper path forward for digital closings

Housing Wire

In 2017, the associations collaborated to create standard legislation that is safe for consumers, ensures the transaction can be insurable and is technology neutral. The model legislation creates legal certainty across the country by providing a uniform and consistent framework that is based on a common set of core principles.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

And so, because of that, we had to make our agents independent contractors and terminate their pension plan and health insurance.”. Nary an eye was blinked – much less legal action was taken – over these brokerage’s business moves. Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools.

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What is a 1031 Exchange? A Beginner’s Guide

Property Metrics

IRS Ruling 2004-86 allows for the exchange of sales proceeds into something called a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). title 12, §§ 3801 – 3824 12 , but the non-legal definition is “an entity that is set up for the purpose of conducting business. What is a Delaware Statutory Trust? Summary & Conclusions.