I wear that title proudly haha...Interesting,  so I just reach out to the city hall in Malden to hopefully go in the right direction.

But she isn't selling it, the bank is.Listing agent "shops for clear title," basically opening pre-escrow with title company after title company until one didn't catch the bank's possible error and that ownership is unclear.Listing agent puts in the contract that title must be ABC Title, non-negotiable.

I wonder if they'd be as interested in the property if there's a lis pendens on the title, or whether they're doing anything that is bordering on illegal by trying to coerce the seller to not honor the contract?  

Get clean title.7.

Thanks for the info @Thi Huyhn, there's plenty of discussion about crowdfunding for real estate here on bigger pockets, but most are talking about Title III of the JOBS Act.Can you please explain to us how Reg A+ and Reg D differ from Title III and which would be best for real estate investing? 

If it's used for real estate, does it go directly to an escrow account with the title company? 

You had me with the title of this post, but you lost me when you state you want 6k on a 2200 sq ft home.

This ensures that they can't later claim that they were not paid and lien your house, causing title problems that may prolong or prevent the sale of your property.  

The property has no named owner - so even paid title search may not be able to get lien information.

I ran a Title Company for 20 years in Texas, and I can tell you this: the IRS will deal with two people, and only two people, the legal representative of the father's estate (not the heirs, the legal representative), and the Closer for the Title Company.