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In a land contract, the home seller acts as the lender instead of a bank. The seller and the buyer agree to terms. Since there are far fewer restrictions and rules governing land contracts, it may be easier to buy a home with a land contract, but you also have fewer consumer protections.

So whether a seller selling a property on a land contract actually triggers due-on-sale provisions is debatable, since the land contract purchaser does not obtain title until they pay off the contract. Therefore, memorandums of a land contract are recorded in the county to put the world on notice of a transaction.

As a type of specialty home financing, a land contract is similar to a mortgage. However, rather than borrowing money from a lender or bank to buy real estate, the buyer makes payments to the real estate owner, or seller, until the purchase price is paid in full.

A promissory note is a document between the lender and the borrower in which the borrower promises to pay back the lender, it is a separate contract from the mortgage. The mortgage is a legal document that ties or "secures" a piece of real estate to an obligation to repay money.

Land contract cons. Higher interest rates ? Since the seller is taking most of the risk, they may insist on a higher interest rate than a traditional mortgage. Ownership is unclear ? The seller retains the property title until the land contract is paid in full.

One important requirement is that all contracts for purchase or sale of real estate must be in writing. An offer made and accepted in a phone call or conversation is not enforceable. The buyer in a FSBO process should be prepared to make an offer in writing.