Voluntary Liens Flashcards
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The instrument that creates the personal obligationfor the debt and serves as evidence of debt is the ?
Promissory Note
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The pattern of payments and interest rate are found in the ?
Promissory Note
To pledge real property as collateral is called:
a. hypothecate
b. devise
c. demise
d. descent
A.
The purpose of collateralizing a note w/ a deed of trust is to:
a. protect the lender
b. protect the borrower
c. protect the trustee
d. protect the mortgagee
A.
Which of the following persons in not a party to a trust agreement?
a. mortgagor
b. trustor
c. trustee
d. beneficiary
A.
Which party or parties must sign the deed of trust?
a. trustee
b. trustor and beneficiary
c. trustor
d. trustor and trustee
C.
Deed of Trust Notes
Deed of Trust
A) Documents:
1. Promissory Note
2. Deed of Trust
B) Parties:
1. Trustor (Borrower): signs trust deed
2. Beneficiary (lender)
3. Trustee (third party w/naked legal title): has power to sell the property when trustor is in default.
C) Defeasance:
At payoff, a deed of reconveyance document = evidence the release of deed of trust. Must be done within 30 days of payoff
D) Deed of Trust in Default: Lender has 2 options:
1. Exercise trustee’s power of sale (non-judicial foreclosure)
2. Exercise judicial foreclosure, same as mortgage
Mortgage Notes
Mortgage
A) Mortgage Documents
1. Promissory Note
2. Mortgage
B) Parties:
1. Mortgagor (Borrower)
2. Mortgagee (Lender)
C) Defeasance:
Lender delivers Satisfaction of Mortgage to borrower within 30 of payoff
D) Default:
One option ONLY-Forced sale through judicial foreclosure action
Agreement for Sale Notes
Agreement for Sale (contract and financing instrument all in one)
Agreement for Sale is also called:
Contract for sale of real estate
Land contract
Contract for deed
Vendor’s lien
A) Document:
Only the agreement; no promissory note and used for seller financing only
B) Parties:
1. Vendor (seller)
2. Vendee (buyer)
C) At payoff, seller delivers deed to buyer. Buyer then should record the deed.
D) Default: Seller has 2 options
1. Judicial Foreclosure* if original land contract includes an acceleration clause*
2. Foreiture Action:
a) seller req’d to give buyer grace period (30 days to 9 mos) to reinstate payments
b) after grace period expires, seller can terminate buyer’s interest
c) If buyer refuses to vacate, seller may evict
A deed of trust is paid of to the:
a. trustor
b. trustee
c. beneficiary
d. escrow company
C.
The borrower using a deed of trust is called the:
a. mortgagor
b. beneficiary
c. trustor
d. trustee
C.
To pledge real property as collateral is called
a. hypothecate
b. devise
c. demise
d. descent
A.
When a loan is secured by a deed of trust, who hold the deed of trust documents?
a. mortgagee
b. trustee
c. trustor
d. beneficiary
D. *think beneficiary (lender)
loan is secured/held by LENDER
A defeasance clause in a deed of trust allows for:
a. the trustee to foreclose
b. cancellation of the lender’s claim upon full note payment
c. lender’s protection against forgery
d. non-assumability of a loan
B.
Naked legal title best describes the interest of a:
a. trustee under a deed of trust
b. trustee in an agreement for sale
c. trustee in a mortgage
d. beneficiary to owner
A.