Always have an attorney perform a Title Search!

A big mistake whether buying through an agent or buying a "For Sale By Owner" is not performing a title search! As an agent in Hickory, NC I have experienced first hand the effects of someone buying a home from a family member and trusting the family member only to try to sell the home some years later and finding out there is a judgement on the home and it can not be sold. Whether buying in Hickory, NC, Morganton, NC, or whereever you buy a home, please hire an attorney to perform a title search and make sure the title is free and clear of any liens or judgements. All of us want to believe people are fair and honest but the truth is they are not and that includes family. The money you will spend on assuring your new home is marketable will be worth the effort it took to hire an attorney. Blogging from Hickory, NC to raise awarness to future and present homeowners, also to warn you not only check that the titile is free and clear but to purchase title insurance to go one step future to protect the purchase of your new home. Tiltle insurance will protect you the homebuyer incase the attorney makes an oversight and does not catch that there is a lien or judgement against the title.

So bottom line is if buying a home in Hickory, NC or wherever go to all extremes possible to make sure that there are no leins or judgements on the property.

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