Family Revocable Trust

Foreclosures, Short Sales, Tax Foreclosures
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I am doing short sale flips in CA. I have been recently introduced to using Family Trust.

I wanted to get other investors advice,opinions,tips, when having the seller put the property in a trust, then flipping it to C buyer.

THE SAN DIEGO SHORT SALE KID
Pete Sanchez

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Hi,

I could always be wrong but without consulting council on a Saturday night I am going to take a shot at this from memory and my memory of course is not up to date with the current state and federal laws!

I believe that a Family Trust or Family Living Trust is not transferable and that the Settlor can only sell or change assets by removing them from the trust! A trustee or Co-Trustee can be named to disperse assets to beneficiaries upon the Settlors Death or Incapacity upon written instructions.

I believe a Family Trust or Family Living Trust is not transferable as it is Settlor Specific and is written for an individual or group of individuals to disperse assets upon death! A Family Trust or Family Living Trust stays permenently attached to the Settlor or Settlors, and can only be transfered to beneficiaries upon death!

This is not a stand alone trust and does not carry the same rights!

                 GR
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I believe you are correct. California probably has some state law regarding that as well (when don’t they have extra laws in place?). A good (free) resource to try would be a local university student. Could probably get all of your questions answered without having to pay a real estate attorney.

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I have flipped many deals using a trust. It does help with C buyer seasoning issues and you can get paid the very same day. I have attorneys and escrow companies who can do this for me in place in CA. This also resolves any resale restriction put on the approval letter. THis is a beautiful system!!!

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  1. How does it resolve the resale restriction?
  2. Any one using Trusts in FL to buy and sell houses? What is the methodology you guys are using. From where I am in FL the banks will negotiate with the Trust BUT, the Trust cannot buy the property from BOA again. They now require an entity with a SSN (person) or Tax ID (corporation, LLC, company, etc.)