The only reason everyone gets title insurance is because 99.9% of home buyers need to take out a mortgage and mortgage companies make you pay for title insurance or they won’t give you the money. In my case, I’m paying cash for a 190k condo. Do I really need title insurance? The husband and wife that Im buying it from have owned the condo for 13 years. If they had title insurance on the condo, doesn’t that take care of finding out about all the previous owners? Can’t I just do a search on the husband and wife to make sure they have no liens on the property?
Absolutely. I don’t think you’ll find anybody who will advise you against purchasing title insurance, whether you’re paying cash or not. There could be liens on the property that you’ll never be able to find on your own, and there may be liens that the sellers aren’t even aware of. You could potentially lose your home just because you wanted to save a few thousand dollars. It’s not worth the risk.
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Should I get title insurance for a condo I’m paying cash for?
Sunday, January 17th, 2010What is the best insurance coverage for the second home condo use for seasoanl rental?
Saturday, October 10th, 2009The condo has flood insurance, but I was told to purchase the coveage, I guess liability inside my unit. What is the inexpensive and reasonable coverage?
You NEED full liability insurance. The amount should be enough to protect your Assets. If some one hurts themeself at your rental property, there needs to be enough insurance, so that they do not come after your assets. If you have a standard (150/300 or 300/500) on that property, you might be able to get an umbrella to extent all of your coverages ( your primary as well) to a million or more. You also have to check with your insurer to make sure that the fact that this property is rented does not invalidate it for the coverage you are purchasing

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