Property Law

Your Right to a Property with a Property Title

Your Right to a Property with a Property Title

A property title is a documentation indicating that the holder of the property title has rights to the property in question. The exact rights involved in a property title might theoretically vary between different titles, but they generally include such rights as the right to exclusive possession and use, the right to conveyance, the right to use of the property as collateral, and the right to split the property. 
According to some schools of thought concerning property title, holding property title for a given property must involve holding actual possession of that property, along with holding the right of possession (meaning that one can legitimately say that he or she should be able to possess that property) and the right of property, which is a legitimate claim which supersedes all other claims to the property in question. As mentioned above, property title is often held in the form of a legal document which makes the current holder of property title clear.
One who is attempting to discover more information about a particular piece of property, or who is attempting to simply do a search of different properties which one might consider for purchase, might do a property title search. A property title search would allow an individual to determine who the current holder of property title to a given piece of property might be. 
A property title search can often be conducted using readily available public information, such as the property records at a nearby official building such as the county courthouse or city hall. Furthermore, there are a number of websites online which might assist an individual in conducting a property title search. 

Using Property Marketing to Sell Property

Using Property Marketing to Sell Property

When one is attempting to sell a given property, then he or she may have to undertake a property marketing project in order to best sell the property. Property marketing is often the province of a realty agent involved in the property sale, which is part of the reason why many attempting to sell a property might choose to secure the services of such an agent, because they do not have time to run the property marketing themselves. 
But for those attempting to conduct a sale by owner, and even for those who are using a realty agent, some degree of property marketing must likely still be performed. Property marketing covers both spreading information regarding the property to a number of different sources, such that potential buyers will be made aware of the property’s status on the market, as well as making the property as attractive for potential buyers as possible.
An example of the first type of property marketing is that an individual might have to put up a listing for his or her home for sale on a number of different websites such as Zillow.com. Another such example of this type of property marketing would be an open house staged so that buyers could come and see the property for sale in the best possible light. 
The second type of property marketing might involve performing numerous tasks of basic maintenance, in order to ensure that the house does not appear ramshackle, as well as repainting the house in order to avoid any problems with the buyer being turned off by the house’s colors.