Terrell Jolly has rehabbed more than 30 homes on the East Side of Kansas City. Abandoned or vacant homes are a prime target for deed fraud, when a scammer forges a deed transfer giving themself ...

A new law regulating contract for deed home sales is now in effect in Kansas. Contracts for deed allow a homebuyer to make monthly payments directly to a seller instead of to a bank, with the expe ...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from Kansas City, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to prevent deed fraud, an ongoing issue where people forge a deed in order to steal possession of a ...