Buyers Guide - Payton Kelnhofer & Devon Chavis

T ERMS YOU S HOU L D KNOW

MORTGAGE An instrument by which real property i s pledged as secur i ty for repayment of a loan. of t i t le.

PITI A payment that combines Pr incipal , Interest , Taxes and Insurance. POWER OF ATTORNEY. A wr i t ten inst rument whereby a pr incipal gives author i ty to an agent to per form sepci f ied act ions . The agent act ing under such a grant i s somet imes cal led an “Attorney- in-Fact .”

PURCHASE AGREEMENT The purchase contract between the Buyer and Sel ler. I t i s usual ly completed by the real estate agent and s igned by the Buyer and Sel ler.

QUITCLAIM DEED A deed that passes any t i t le, interest , or claim which the grantor may have in the proper ty, but not containing any warranty of a val id interest or t i t le by the grantor.

RECORDING Fi l ing documents af fect ing real property wi th the County Recorder as a mat ter of publ ic record.

WARRANTY DEED A deed used to convey fee t i t le to real proper ty f rom the grantor (usual ly the Sel ler) to the grantee (usual ly the Buyer) wi th warrant ies of the val idi ty of t i t le.

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