Can a Land Contract Buyer Compel a Seller to Make Mortgage Payments?

If a Seller in a Land Contract does not fully own the property under contract, often a mortgage is involved through a third party lender. And if that Seller doesn’t make the required mortgage payments to the lender even though the Land Contract Buyer is paying the Seller, it can put the property in financial jeopardy.

But the Land Contract Buyer does have some options to overcome this situation.

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What is a Gun Trust?

A Gun Trust is a legal document created to allow the ownership of certain firearms or other item that are regulated by the NFA, the federal law that governs the manufacture, possession and use of certain guns and gun accessories.

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Can I Name a Contingent Beneficiary in a Standard Legal Trust?

Standard Legal’s Living Trust Agreements generally fall into one of two categories: Trusts that pass property to the Grantor’s children; and Trusts that pass property to specifically named beneficiaries

For both of these types of Standard Legal Trusts, the Grantor can choose a how to distribute property to his/her named Beneficiaries if any of these individuals predecease (pass away before) the Grantor.

The choices are “per stirpes” or “per capita.”

And the choice of distribution provides a structure for addressing for contingent Beneficiaries.

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