Property Ownership

In Tennessee, a property owner who wants to leave their home to a specific person while allowing another person to live there until death would use a:

AFee simple deed with a right of first refusal
BLife estate deed naming one person as life tenant and another as remainderman✓ Correct
CJoint tenancy deed with two grantees
DTrust deed naming both persons as beneficiaries

Explanation

A life estate deed creates a life tenancy for the life tenant (who may live in and use the property for their lifetime) and names a remainderman who receives fee simple ownership automatically upon the life tenant's death.

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