WHAT IS THE REAL MESSAGE of -Title Work in Sixty Seconds?

WHAT IS THE REAL MESSAGE of “Title work in 60 seconds” – FAST? EASY? CHEAP? HOW ABOUT INFERIOR?

Are you selling yourself (the small title professionals) out? Do you make your work sound simple and cheap? Reality is that those who do the real work know it is not easy to provide a complete [...]

IRS Changes 1099S reporting effective Jan 22,2007

On January 22, 2007, the IRS issued Bulletin 2007-4, and Rev. Proc. 2007-12 Changing the Rules on 1099S reporting, effective January 22, 2007. See the web site below for the full IRS Bulletin.

IRS 1099S Rev.Proc.2007-12

Question on Buyer-Seller Affidavits

Jeanne – Do you recommend that we still have the sellers/buyers give a ten year history of their residences on their affidavits? We are still requiring our closers to do this. I, however, do not see the need to ask for this information. Just curious on what you are instructing your students to do on [...]

There are Teachers and there are Educators

Lipstick in School– Priceless!!

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the [...]

Ramsey County, MN RFP

Process Design Group has put together a group of experts – Scott Friedman, Jeanne Johnson, Geri Kane and Aaron Gaalswyck – to bid on a Ramsy County, MN Request for Proposal (RFP.) Ramsey County is searching for a contractor who can help identify the root cause of problems in the document recording delays , [...]

Who are the Professional Abstractors?

I was at the NALTEA convention in San Diego this past week. I was struck by the consistent themes resonating from these amazing professionals. I think what I wrote best describes how I believe these Professional Abstractors view themselves.

You are the honorable professionals. The little guys, not driven strictly by profit, speed and greed. You [...]