The Legal Reality of Vendor Finance

Consumer credit, regulated agreements and where the perimeter sits

A seller-financed deal that stacks on paper is worth nothing if it breaches the seller's mortgage, falls the wrong side of the regulatory perimeter, lacks the protections that make it enforceable or triggers tax nobody budgeted for. This book sets out where those lines sit, directly and without the casual tone of some creative finance teaching. It explains that vendor finance is not one thing in law, then covers the permissions that must be in place, with consumer credit and regulated agreements explained. The contracts chapter shows why these deals live or die by their paperwork. You will see the insurance and safety problems that arise when the person living in a property is not its legal owner, and why tax rules do not follow the cashflow. A checklist to run on every deal before you commit, and a plain account of the unusually severe consequences of carelessness, complete the book. Next in this series: “Repeating Seller-Financed Deals”.

What’s inside

• The legal framework in plain English
• Permissions, licensing and planning
• The contracts, and what must be inside them
• Insurance, safety and your legal duties
• Tax treatment and choosing a structure
• Your compliance checklist
• Getting this wrong, what it actually costs

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