This document discusses various methods of transferring real estate ownership such as deeds, contracts for deed, and operation of law including foreclosure, bankruptcy, and partition actions. It also covers wills and trusts for transferring property after death. Additional topics include adverse possession, title commitment and insurance, recording laws, and regulation of the title insurance industry.

2.  Transfer
› Deeds
 Essential Elements for a Valid Deed
 Writing
 Competent Grantor/Identifiable Grantee
 Sufficient Legal Description
 Granting Clause
 Signed by the Grantor
 Delivery and Acceptance
 Review - Deeds

3.  Transfer
› Deeds
 Types of Deeds
 General Warranty Deed
 Special Warranty Deed
 Deed without Warranty
 Quitclaim Deed
 Special Use Deeds

4.  Transfer
› Contract for Deed
› Operation of Law
 Foreclosure
 Non-Judicial Foreclosure
 Judicial Foreclosure
 Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
 Partition Action
 Bankruptcy

5.  Transfer
› Operation of Law
 Quiet Title Action
 Tax Sale
 Execution Sale
 Eminent Domain
 Condemnation
 Inverse Condemnation

6.  Wills & Trusts
› Wills
 Types of Wills
 Attested Will
 Holographic Will
 How Wills are Changed
 Disinheriting a Relative
 Revocation of a Will
 Probate

7.  Wills & Trusts
› Trusts
 Advantages of a Trust
 Disadvantages of a Trust
 Types of Trusts
 Intestate Succession
 Adverse Possession
› Requirements for Adverse Possession
 3-Year Statute
 5-Year Statute
 10-Year Statute
 25-Year Statute
 Tacking

8.  Natural Causes
 Evidence of Title
› Title Commitment
› Title Insurance
 Types of Title Insurance Policies
 Owners’ Policies
 Loan Policy
 Title Insurance Coverage
 What a Title Policy Covers
 What a Title Policy Does Not Cover

9.  Importance of Recording
› Recording Process
› Effect of Recording
› Priorities in Recording

10.  Evidence of Title
› Title Insurance
 Regulation of the Title Insurance Industry
 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
 Undisclosed Rebates or Kickbacks
 Selection of Title Company
 Limitation on the Amount of Funds in an Escrow Account
 Settlement Statement
 Controlled Business Arrangements
 Texas Department of Insurance
 Premiums
 Rebates Prohibited