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by postingawayonhn 1016 days ago
Probably the biggest reason would be so that when you buy a property you can independently confirm the vendor actually owns it.
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kshahkshah 1016 days ago
That’s what title is for
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postingawayonhn 1016 days ago
I'm not totally familiar with the system/s in the US, but where I'm from (New Zealand) title records are publicly available to anyone for the payment of a USD $4 fee per property.
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kshahkshah 1014 days ago
Our system is antiquated and only really exists because of lobbyists. Some stans will try to pretend there is some value add, there isn't.
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