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Usually the rent, or a portion thereof, gets applied to the purchase price. Also, there is a downpayment, which is an good faith deposit. If the buyer defaults on the rent or the land contract's terms, then the buyer forfeits that deposit to the seller and the land contract is void.

If a judgment of possession is granted, the buyer has 90 days to redeem the property if less than 50% of the purchase price has been paid or 6 months to redeem if 50% or more of the purchase price has been paid. The redemption amount is the amount that is past due. MCL 600.5744(4).

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a default on a land contract must be treated like a default on a mortgage debt. In other words, the owner must file a foreclosure action and the property will be sold at a judicial auction. This is a time-consuming and costly process.

In forfeiture, if the purchaser does not pay the past due payments under the land contract after receiving a 15-day-forfeiture notice, the seller may file suit for a judgment for the monthly payments, which remain unpaid.

In Indiana, pursuant to Skendzel v. Marshall, 301 N.E. 2d 641 (Ind. 1973), land contracts are to be treated as notes and mortgages, which require the prosecution of a foreclosure action and a foreclosure sale upon default as opposed to the remedy of forfeiture.

If a buyer defaults, the seller cannot simply take possession of the property, with the buyer losing all the payments already made. Instead, the seller must foreclose, sell the property, and pay to the buyer any proceeds from the sale in excess of the unpaid balance of the purchase price.

The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (the SAFE Act) requires parties that extend financing for the purchase of real estate, including sellers under land contracts, to be licensed.

The only way to forcibly change the ownership status is through a legal action and the resultant court order. However, if an owner chooses to be removed from the deed, it is simply a matter of preparing a new deed transferring that owner's interest in the property.

A big disadvantage for sellers who participate in a land contract is that they have to wait for the buyer to pay off the home over a certain number of years.A balloon payment might be included so that a buyer has to pay off the balance within a shorter amount of time.

If the buyer defaults on the land contract, or fails to make the monthly payments to the seller as required, the seller can file a court action called land contract forfeiture.In other words, if the buyer fails to pay, the seller keeps all money received, plus the seller keeps the real estate.