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Some people in the Midwest are losing their homes because of a loophole in “quiet title” laws. Law experts say real estate opportunists are claiming that homes are abandoned, and are using the loophole to grab the home when homeowners are away. There are reports that this has been happening in Iowa but that quiet title laws in several states could be used to do the same thing. Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review. Iowa Public Radio broke the story about a homeowner in Marshalltown, Iowa, outside of Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. (1) Natalia Esteban had purchased the home in 2001 with her ex-husband, before they divorced. She moved to California in 2018, but kept the house in Marshalltown where she returned each summer. Big Surprise for the Homeowner Esteban’s daughter, Maria Kendall, lived in Marshalltown with her family and noticed a listing on Zillow one day, for her mom’s house. Her mother was in California at the ti