Understanding fee simple ownership is important when buying, selling, or investing in real estate. It is a common and comprehensive form of property ownership, granting full control and rights, ...

In previous blog posts, we have explored whether your family wants to keep the family cottage or vacation property in the family, and the options for the form of ownership you want to use for the next ...

Fee simple absolute is a type of property ownership that grants the owner full rights to use, sell, lease, or transfer the property without restrictions. It remains in effect indefinitely unless ...

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Franchisee-ownership of a brand may be rare, but one QSR that has operated under that structure for most of the last 10 years, is proof that it can be successful. A&W has made a name for itself based ...

Your home is a unique asset – the center of your family life and an important financial asset. When you bought your home, you may remember signing a deed, but do you remember what it says? Often, due ...

The Ownership Project explores how structuring ownership of key elements in the economy can help businesses and communities address pressing societal challenges and support human values in the 21st ...

Recent literature suggests that control of corporations has shifted from individual capitalists to financial institutions. The article, based on original research, examines the relationship between ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

One of the most acute charges against private property observes that ownership generates a trespassory duty of exclusion that far exceeds the requirements of a commitment to values such as freedom and ...

Buyers and sellers signed a deed that transferred ownership of a house. The deed was properly recorded in the county land records office. End of story? Not if the ...