In In re Assid, 842 A.2d 995 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2004), the Court reversed a trial court when faced with a very similar fact pattern. There the trial court ignored the economic realty of a long-term commercial lease which encumbered the property. An "encumbrance" is a claim or liability that is attached to property or some other right that may lessen its value, such as a lien or mortgage. Black's Law Dictionary 547 (7th Ed. 1999). Importantly, an encumbrance will not defeat the transfer of possession, but it remains after a property or right is transferred.