Bingo, Squeako! Screamin' Dean on the outs? Couldn't happen to a better Dem!
If true, then Reid could technically still be the owner of the real property. Why? Under the "statue of frauds," which exists in one form or another in most states, a conveyance of real property is unenforcable unless memorialized in writing and signed for the grantor. There are exceptions in some states, such as when the transfer is supported by consideration and has been fully performed, but I don't know the specific law in Neveda. Either way, the transaction stinks like the culture of corruption that is epidemic in Washington D.C.