owner finance questions "holding paper"
Hi
I have a few question on this: when a person/business own a property outright. And they sell that property and become the bank for the new buyer. They write up a contract, payment plan and interest rate. The original owner gets paid monthly at the contract terms by the new owner. I have called that holding paper. I think this is done more for commercial property vs residential.
My question is how public is this deal?
Does the new owner get their name on the town/city land title record at the time of sale? Like a typical homebuyer with a bank mortgage. If yes, does the contract get recorded too, just like a mortgage does?