Texas Real Estate Contract

Title Tip: Are Records of Deeds And Titles Gender Biased?

By Lydia Blair / December 1, 2020 /

When the title to a piece of Texas real estate is held in both a man and woman’s names, the first name listed on the deed is usually the man’s name. The man’s name is then shown as the primary title holder on tax records and legal documents. One must wonder if this is some…

Title Tip: Sit Up And Take Notice of Paragraph 21

By Lydia Blair / September 17, 2019 /

Please take notice of the Paragraph 21 notice that is about notices and that many people fail to notice. Call it a notice, a notification, disclosure … whatever. Just don’t ignore it. Paragraph 21 of the Texas residential real estate contract reads: “All notices from one party to the other must be in writing and…