As previously stated, buying property/land can be a big hassle, with more twists and turns and ins and outs that even most attorneys cannot properly handle!!
You may hear, learn, or create many clever and innovative ways to get around the law. Forget it.
If ever you would be legally contested you would lose.
Now the good news. Although you cannot legally lease a property from your wife, you CAN legally lease from your girlfriend. However, you still cannot either own the land or control the land on which it is built.
The double whammy in Phils is phrase '....cannot own the land or control the land on which it is built' No-one has ever, so far as I know, ended up as the winner
in any legal decision regarding this. Period.
Trust is a big thing.
On the question of getting a clean title this is a relatively easy thing to do yourself.
Go to the local assessors Office with the description of the property and property number.
From there you can get the title number.
Go to Register Of Deeds (ROD) and get a copy of the true title.
Now you know WHO and HOW MANY are title holders, and also if the property is mortgaged and by whom
I would never put my trust totally in an attorney.
No offence meant to anyone.
