Dear Mr. Premack: My wife is not on the deed for our house. I would like for her to be joint on the deed. This way if I pass away she has no problem? We are still paying on our home the mortgage is in ...

Q: We have an accepted offer on our home and we have moved into our new condo. The buyers are relocating and their temporary housing has mold issues and they want to move into our house before closing ...

Sharing a home with your partner sounds sweet, until you realize one of you is acting like a landlord. Relationships are supposed to be partnerships, right? But somehow, when it comes to actual ...

I am the sole owner of the house that my spouse and I have lived in for the past 17 years. I have no mortgage. If I add him to the deed as a joint tenant, will I have to pay gift tax? Would it be ...

A family friend, 91, wants to add me to the deed of his house. His wife died about 8 years ago. His daughter, who would be my age, 65, died when we were in high school. And, his son is in no condition ...

Not a day must go by when he doesn’t think about his daughter, even and perhaps especially at 91. But he’s fortunate to have good friends. As this column points out from time to time, the best ...