patio11 wrote a bunch about this: (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/working-title-insuran...)

I couldn’t keep reading this. Why is that thing so insane?

Because everything about real estate is insane if you peel back the covers. I've just been going through this and I couldn't tell you how many pages of documents I've had to go through. And this isn't even a new purchase. It's just trust and neighbor agreements (in part because the guy I bought the property from 25 years messed up some stuff).

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35705683 (256 points, 55 comments)

I find references like this to other posts with good commentary to be useful in understanding the discourse surrounding the topic.