Title and ownership
Inherited ownership, missing documentation, unresolved liens and disagreements between owners can prevent an otherwise viable transaction from moving forward.
MaliHaus can review the basic circumstances and identify what would need to be clarified before a purchase could proceed. Legal and title matters must be resolved through qualified professionals.
A sale can only proceed once it is clear who owns the property and who is entitled to sell it. Where a property has passed through a family across generations, or where paperwork was never properly recorded, that is not always obvious.
These situations tend to sit untouched for years, because there is no obvious first move and every route appears to need a professional and a fee before anyone knows whether it is worth it.
Not everything below will apply to you. Most owners in this situation recognise at least one of them.
Tell us the circumstances as you understand them and we will identify what would need clarifying for a purchase to be possible. Frequently the first useful step is simply a title search, so that everyone is working from what is actually recorded rather than from family memory.
We cannot resolve legal or title matters, and we would be misleading you to suggest otherwise. What we can do is tell you whether the property is worth pursuing, which is what determines whether the professional fees are worth incurring at all.
Important. MaliHaus is not a law firm or a title company and nothing here is legal advice. Title defects, ownership disputes and heirship questions have to be resolved by a qualified attorney and a title professional in the state where the property is located, and the rules differ. We cannot promise that any title issue can be cleared.
Every property is assessed against all three before anyone quotes a number. Which one applies depends on the property, its condition and the scope of the work.
We complete a full property inspection to evaluate its condition, repair requirements and overall project scope. If the property meets our purchasing criteria, we move forward using our own cash with no lender financing to fall through.
If the project carries more risk than we want to take on alone, we may, with your written approval, complete select repairs while the property is under contract. By investing our own money first, we make the home more attractive to our investor partners and demonstrate that we have real skin in the game. That commitment gives our partners greater confidence to join the purchase and complete the project with us.
Through our partnership with a national real estate syndicate, we can present your property to investors across the country. Qualified buyers can review the opportunity and compete to purchase it, creating exposure beyond the local market.
Share the address, condition of the property and the situation you are facing.
The MaliHaus team reviews the property, the repair requirements, the local market and the available purchase route.
MaliHaus explains which of the three selling approaches may fit the property. The owner decides whether the proposed solution works for them.
That does need resolving before a sale could complete, and it is a question for an attorney in that state. A title search establishes who is actually recorded, which is the necessary starting point.
Tell us and mention it to a title professional. It is a common situation and it is not automatically fatal to a sale.
If it was paid off but never released, that is usually resolvable, though it takes time. The title search will confirm what is recorded.
That is exactly why it is worth speaking to us first. If the property is not worth pursuing, you have saved the fee. If it is, you know the search is justified.
Start with the situation you are in, not a form. It takes about two minutes, you tap rather than type, and nothing here commits you to selling.
Serving homeowners across Florida and selected markets nationwide. This situation is one we look at across every market below.
Several of these often overlap. If more than one applies, mention it when we speak.
You do not need to diagnose the problem or choose the right page. Tell us about the property, your circumstances and the outcome you want. The MaliHaus team will review the information and let you know whether it may be able to help.
