Escheat's Power

The national government has four forces over real property: taxes, police power, eminent domain and the power of escheat. Escheat comes from the Anglo-French word that means to fall back. When someone dies without a will, and no names or heirs exist for whom to transfer possession of his property, it will become the property…

Help With Delinquent Mortgages

The federal Making Home Affordable program offers several alternatives for helping homeowners who can not cover their mortgage. If you’ve already fallen behind in your payments, then the best bet is HAMP, the Home Affordable Modification Program. HAMP offers loan servicers financial incentives to change initial mortgages so the payments will become more affordable; it…