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Home Inspector Inspects Fireplace Before Home Sale
A home inspector will inspect a fireplace as part of a home inspection. Home inspectors will check a fireplace to make you aware of fire hazards. Home inspectors look at the bricks and the damper in a fireplace inspection. The home inspector will tell you what repairs to make to your fireplace during a fireplace inspection. A fireplace inspection can help you achieve fire safety and get your home ready for sale.
Unpaid Real Estate Taxes
Buying a home? What happens when you buy a home with unpaid real estate taxes? What risk do unpaid real estate taxes pose to your home purchase? How often do buyers come to closing with unpaid real estate taxes? Chicago Title's Gina Giannelli talks about unpaid real estate and property taxes.
Quit Claim Deed Restores Ownership After Bankruptcy
If you go through financial hardship such as bankruptcy you may decide to remove yourself from a property title. After your financial hardship (including bankruptcy) has passed, you may want to add your name back to the property title. Learn how you can add your name back to the title using another quit claim deed.
Estate Planning Ensures Inheritance Wishes Met
When you have real estate assets and you want to leave them as an inheritance to certain family members, it's crucial to do estate planning. Not having your wishes in writing can put the real estate (or sale proceeds) at risk of getting into the wrong hands. Thorough estate planning ensures that the people you want inherit your estate. Without estate planning, the laws of your state govern your estate when you die.
Home Inspection Contract
Should you have a home inspection contract? What should it include? What size fee should you pay for a home inspection?
Home Inspection of a Bathroom
Jamie Dunsing describes what parts of a bathroom to inspect. These include bathroom faucets, bathroom showers, steam showers, toilets and how the toilets flush.
Home Design: Garden Design And Landscaping Affects The Home
What makes for a good garden design, which then enhances home design? Garden design includes envisioning how the garden will change with time and how it affects your home designt. Garden design should also factor in house or home design. Learn tips from garden design expert Sarah Susanka.
How Many Foreclosures?
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Medicaid Lookback Period Could Reverse Home Transfer
A daughter asks about her father's eligibility for Medicaid after he transfers his home to her. Will his eligibility for Medicaid be affected by the transfer of his real estate wealth? Find out about eligibility for Medicaid and the Medicaid lookback period.