Homeowner questions novice appraiser and title issues
A homeowner laments a novice appraiser undercutting a mortgage appraisal by about 15000 and failing to correct the valuation. The letter advises writing to the lender, filing with the state license agency, and notes broader concerns about training and quality control. The column then addresses buyer title problems, insistence on cure steps, and potential pitfalls when purchasing a home. It covers title defects, seeking alternative title insurers, and legal remedies, plus mortgage concerns including VA and FHA loan charges and potential credit impacts from an assumed mortgage. Robert Bruss, attorney and real estate broker, signs the column.
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Robert Bruss
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E. Concord
Orlando
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Douglas County Real Estate Transfers Filed
Recent Douglas County deeds list many transfers from Pelzls to VanMeter and to Sara VanMeter, Sturgeon to Greene, and multiple lots and tracts exchanged among firms and individuals including Pinnacle West No 6, West Lawrence, and Parkway West. Notable entities include Meadow s Place, Alvamar, and Parkmar Estates amid numerous property redistributions across Lawrence area subdivisions.
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Douglas County Register of Deeds
Donald
Jeanene Pelzl
Earl L. VanMeter
Southern Parkway
Sara W. VanMeter
Robert Sturgeon
Richard W
Dixie L. Greene
Golf Club
Ninth District Production Credit Assn
James Timothy Brady
Dorothy L. Fetty
Barbara Jean
Kenneth R. Kneedler
John F
Laura L. Landgrebe
Jeffrey L
Lisa L. Showalter
West Lawrence
Fidelity Savings Association of Kansas
Big Blue Student Rentals, Inc
Kentucky Street
Virginia E. Johanning
Rose Daffer
Harry Daffer
Pinnacle Inc
Hunt Construction Inc
Pinnacle West No
D. William
Barbara A. Gearhart
William S
Diane Marie Bell
Broken Bow
Indian Hills
Timothy C
Frances Ade
Thomas J
Catherine A. Waller
Learnard Court
Meadows Place Inc
Douglas R. Lockwood
Parkway Place No
Dennis
Rita Barritt
Mark A
Janet M. Brody
Riverridge Run
Camila
Frederick E. Samson Jr
Robert G. Billings
John M
Melvnn McGrew
Grand L.L.C
Auto Plaza
Otis W
Helen I. Keltcher
Robert M
Gwyneth M. Auchard
MS. Construction Inc
Southland Construction Inc
Parkway West No
Norbert
M. Margaret Grosdidier
Patricia A. Martin
Eudora
Mercantile Bank of Lawrence
Michael D
Debra A. Pearson
Rodney J. Barnes
Belmont Addition
Robert L
Mary Kay Stephens
Donald J
Virginia N. Minnis
Dou
Glas L
LaDonna K. Stephens
Marsha G. Buhler
Elizabeth N
Kenneth D. Morris Jr
David A
Debra Clemente
Carole J. Carter
Parkway West
Alvamar West
Denning-Santee Land Associates
James W
Deborah A. Brewer
Thomas H
Gaye Greene
Schwarz Acres
Paul R. Sloan
Kenneth L. Sloan
Robert
Delores Hughes
Wilbur F
Leta D. White
Katherine K. Almanza
Charles E. Kimbell
Sharon L. Kimbell
Muirfield
Douglas County
Archdiocese of
Kansas City
Westwood
Robert C. Moore
Allan R
Tricia E. Peters
Dennis J. Highberger
Brenda Frankenfield
Michael McKinney
Vermont Street
Douglas C
Dorothy F. Shuck
State of Kansas
Ronald R
Deborah J. Teeter
Roger R
Charlotte A. Hastings
State of
Prairie Estates
John D
Kathryn D. Myers Hampton
Timothy J
Patricia Kanzig Allen
Jerry F. Katzfey
J.K. Construction Co
Harvey L
Jill Folsom
Hesper Heights
Noel
Wilma Griffin
Wayne E
Sandra D. Stone
Deborah Kaye Miller
James A. Puch
Parkmar Estates
Allen Construction, Inc
Jerry L
Jeanette Casida
Ronald D
Virginia K. Beaman
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