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Disadvantages of Common Law Contracts Contracts cost time and money to write. Whether they're drafted by a lawyer or reviewed by one, or even if they are written by an HR professional, contracts require a good deal of energy and are not an inexpensive undertaking.

Today, Californians most often transfer title to real property by a simple written instrument, the grant deed. The word ?grant? is expressly designated by statute as a word of conveyance. (Civil Code Section 1092) A second form of deed is the quitclaim deed.

In California, quitclaim deeds are commonly used between spouses, relatives, or if a property owner is transferring his or her property into his or her trust. A grant deed is commonly used in most arms-length real estate transactions not involving family members or spouses.

In Florida the seller of a contract for deed can sell the rights to a property to a third party while the buyer is making payments. However, Florida land contract law requires the seller to provide the buyer with a signed and notarized notice stating the contract for deed has been assigned to another party.

In California, the statute of limitations is five years. Any challenge to the quitclaim must be based on either a procedural error or on undo duress.

If you fall behind on payments, the contract can be terminated and you will lose whatever equity was previously built. Furthermore, if the seller has a mortgage and defaults on their payments, you may lose the property even though your own payments to the seller are current.

A disadvantage to the seller is that a contract for deed is frequently characterized by a low down payment and the purchase price is paid in installments instead of one lump sum. If a seller needs funds from the sale to buy another property, this would not be a beneficial method of selling real estate.