I’m looking for help interpreting a life estate clause in a 2019 deed. It says: “Reserving to Louise a life estate in the above-said premises during the remainder of her lifetime and to receive her ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

1) the property owner (grantor) retains life estate while granting to someone else (grantee) the remainder interest, and 2) the grantor retains the legal right to rescind the remainder interest to ...

Q: I own a home that my sister and her husband live in, and I claim the homestead exemption on my primary residence. I was told by a real estate title expert that if I sign a revocable life estate ...

I’ve journeyed through freehold estates, strata condos, leaseholds, co-operatives, co-ownership (joint tenancy and tenants-in-common) and, in my last column, I dived into life estates and specialized ...

Learn about the bundle of rights in real estate—a set of key ownership privileges including possession, control, exclusion, enjoyment, and disposition rights.