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Required Disclosures When Selling Real Estate

When selling your home, you may be obligated to disclose problems that could affect the property's value or desirability. In most states, it is illegal to fraudulently conceal major physical defects in your property such as a basement that floods in heavy rains. And states are increasingly requiring sellers to take a proactive role by making written disclosures on the condition of the property.

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Relocating: Changes to Make After the Move

  1. Add safety gates and secure pets.
  2. Set up utilities.
  3. Switch schools.
  4. Change your address.
  5. Update your insurance.
  6. Close and open bank accounts.
  7. Close and open safe deposit boxes.
  8. Transfer deliveries and subscriptions.
  9. Transfer memberships.
  10. Obtain medical records.

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Can mom get quitclaimed property back?

My sister quitclaimed her home to her son last year, when she moved into a nursing home. He has been doing a lousy job taking care of the house, and never visits her, so she'd like to undo the quitclaim. (He probably won't give the house back voluntarily.) What can she do?

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