Attending to property in the Philippines while living in the US

[Blue Bianchi 77]

Moving to the US and adjusting to life here is a very involved experience. Most of my Filipino friends say that at some point you need stop living double lives. You can't manage a life here and devote the same amount of energy to relationships and projects in the homeland.

Now that my parents are gone, I have to handle the transfer of their property's title to my sibling and I who are both here in the US. I know that anything that concerns documents and forms in the Philippines is maddeningly tedious. You can't just do it online. This, too, is a very involved process.

I would like to hear from folks who have had to manage his situation from the US. How did you do it? Did you hire a lawyer or rely entirely on relatives? Care to share any lessons learned?

Many thanks!

[John&Juvy 36]

Both me and husband are here in the U.S when we bought a land in Bohol recently for our "Dream House" that we are going to build there in the future when we are getting closer of moving back there. We hired a lawyer and my elder sister as our representative for doing all the business. We just had to sent couple Power of Attorney. Transferring a title to your name is a LOT of work, papers and money. If you think you have no one that you can really trust to take care all the works and everything better to go back there for awhile and take care it your self.

Good Luck !

[Blue Bianchi 77]

Thank you for your reply John&Juvy!

I have a very intimidating checklist for the project, but I did not realize I had to execute Power of Attorney documents. I do have an aunt there that I trust and am currently scouting for lawyers. Thanks for the tip!

Both me and husband are here in the U.S when we bought a land in Bohol recently for our "Dream House" that we are going to build there in the future when we are getting closer of moving back there. We hired a lawyer and my elder sister as our representative for doing all the business. We just had to sent couple Power of Attorney. Transferring a title to your name is a LOT of work, papers and money. If you think you have no one that you can really trust to take care all the works and everything better to go back there for awhile and take care it your self.

Good Luck !