Tag: title protection

  • Seniors Lose Billions Each Year to Scammers: 5 Quick Tips to Protect Yourself

    Seniors Lose Billions Each Year to Scammers: 5 Quick Tips to Protect Yourself

    According to the FBI, scammers take advantage of seniors to the tune of billions annually. A lot of this happens because seniors own a massive amount of U.S. real estate, a hard and valuable asset. To avoid enriching the wrong people, keep our five tips in mind. Consider sharing this column with friends who need…

  • Will Pennsylvania Criminalize Deed Theft?

    Will Pennsylvania Criminalize Deed Theft?

    Deed fraud, or deed theft, is the improper transfer of property ownership by deceit. In most states, it’s a very rare incident. But when it happens, it’s devastating. State criminal laws do generally deal with theft, forgery, and fraud. And yet, many don’t have a specific law for deed theft.   In Pennsylvania, Representatives Christopher…

  • Deed Theft Should Not Exist

    Deed Theft Should Not Exist

    What Does It Take to Safeguard a Title? If you hold the deed, you can’t be evicted, right? True — except if your deed is pulled out from under you by a nasty actor. It shouldn’t happen, but it does. Just ask Dada, a homeowner in Oklahoma City. Someone recorded a quitclaim on Dada’s deed,…