Hi;

I need help regarding a quiet title action, I would like to know if I can do by myself and what kind of form can I use.
I will explain... I bought 2 lands in lehigh acres (florida) on the tax deed action, I have the deed on my name and last month I had a buyer that would like to buy the land, we started all selling process (contract, title company... ) but when the title company started the title search I was informed that before selling I should have to pay for a quiet title action because the land was bought on tax deed action...
I said OK and asked about how much was going to cost me to do the quiet title action, I was informed that could be between $1.500,00 and $3.000,00 depend how the process will develop. To me was sad to hear that because the price of the land was $ 3.000, so I was not getting any money back, I was handling to the buyer a land I bought with a lot of work, thinking I was doing something great for my son's future.
I am researching if I can do by myself the quiet title action but on the internet or on the books is so complicate to understand, for that reason I ask to someone if can help me to understand what the procedure I have to follow, the sample of the form I need to fill them out to file on court, how much are the court's fees.

I thank you for any response that can help me.

Alice

Hello,
I wish I could answer that question for you. However, I need help as well. I have the same question. I would like to perform my own Quiet Titles in Florida. If you have found the answer to your question, would you please let me know what it is as well.
Thank you.
Rhonda Fredricks

Hi

Unfortunately until today nobody gave me any information. I went to the Court's library and made a copy of a book where explain all kind of quiet title action and what to do but it's complicated first to recognize wich one is the one you have to do, they use some terms that I did not understand.
If I know any thing I will let you know, please do the same.
Thanks
Alice

Thanks for getting back to me.
I will keep you in mind if I find the answer.

First no you are not required to do a any motions, you after you get the deed are the owner and may sell it to anyone at this time.

The buyer is having an issue and wants it to complete the sell, is what is happening.

The action you are requesting will require a complete title search, and if and where there is any question to the deed, ask the court to clear those.

This will normally require an real estate attorney to do the searches.

Your answer to them can be merely no, and depending on what type of deed you are selilng it under, are you paying for title insurance for you and buyer,?

Hi

By the time I had a buyer all the procedure to the closing was being done with a buyer's title company and beside the title insurance they requested the quit title action, I don't understand why. In my understanding if we buy something on court's tax deed action, the title should come clean. Am I wrong?

You mentioned to ask the court to clear if there is any question to the deed, the time I went there to get some questions and tell them what happened, their answered they could not give me any advice because they are not an attorney, I should ask to one.

I really don't know what to do!

In contrast to what you have probably heard, it is not a simple action. There are 5 sets of documents mailed to each defendant, title search, ad to run, elongation of time motions, telephonic appearance motions, answer and affirmative defense motions, defaults, may need attorney ad litem to act in regard to unfound Defendants, affidavits, motion summaries, certificates of service, non resident service certificates, affidavit of non military service, the list of things to know and be aware of are to broad for an ebook that I could write.

I know there are many who have posted online that it is a simple matter but I know from searching the official records that only 3 people in my five county area are able to act pro-se and have their actions favorably adjudged. To my knowledge there are fewer than two dozen people which can do this, state wide. I am not writing this to discourage you, only to inform. You must know that the court will not offer advice on what is wrong with your case, only that it has been rejected. Many times the only notice you receive that something is wrong is a case pleading mailed to you without explanation. I know a self appointed "tax deed guru" who filed his case pro-se, ran the ad three separate times (4 weeks each at a cost of $1300), appeared before the court 4 times and spent thousands of dollars over 2 years trying to get his single case through. His primary problem was that the tax deed was conveyed to his corporation, he neglected to present pleadings in proper etiquette, he ran over the one year mark no one told him that he needed a new case number, he shorted the clerk for postage, he hired an attorney after 2 years.


Not all is lost, some have completed a considerable number of quiet title actions pro-se and as a contracted agent for an attorney have assisted in many more. The first step to understanding the process is to get your hands on no less than a dozen cases which have been adjudged as pro-se and the court dockets, lie pleadings on the floor and sort them by type. This will give you an idea of the wording/recording order and if you pay attention to the dates of recording, which can be found in the court dockets, you can figure out the timeline. Your first case will probably not go through but you have 1 year to amend and rerecord before you have to start over.

Hi Fredricks

Thanks for your explanation. In your case what are you going to do?

Hi,
The information I posted was meant to give you information that was sent to me from someone much more knowledgeable than myself on the subject. Therefore, for now, I am going to leave it to the professionals and concentrate on making money.

I have found that it is worthwhile to contact property owners before the auction and offer them a very small amount to purchase their property by Warranty Deed before the auction, and agree to pay the taxes owed to bring it up to date as part of the purchase price. This has worked well for me lately, but you have to do research to make sure there are no liens on the property of course.
Hope this helps.
fredricks98

Good luck and thanks for your help!

Fredricks98, happy days. I ran across this post-it seems that you did read my emails after all. I sent you that info in an email quite a while back and am happy to see it again.

James Mikel
Floridataxsale-foreclosure-info.com

Can you send the same information to me please? My father tricked me and my sister is trying to take my house,help me please!


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