Real Estate Titles US – Inexpensive Title Education

A new online education company, RealEstateTitles.us (RETUS), has been formed specifically to serve land title professionals including County Recorders, Closers, Title Companies, Real Estate [...]

Definition of Marriage Changed in Dictionary

I caught a Closer Licensing Course last week. we discussed drafting of documents, and the question was asked, what about gay marriages? What if they were married in a state that accepts gay marriages, and our state does not…thoughts from title insurance underwriters or title [...]

Title Companies – Is Your Ten Million Dollar Trust Account Insured if your Bank Goes Under?

I just moved my retirement funds into an insured account.  I started thinking about it because part of the financial package announced by the FDIC to bolster confidence in the banking industry increased FDIC coverage on some qualifying accounts from $100,000 to $250,000. In checking, the account I had was not insured. [...]

Are Title Insurance Escrow Funds Safe in Your State?

Are Title Insurance Escrow Funds Safe in Your State? Ohio has received FDIC’s determination that in [...]

What Kind of Bones do You Have?

Someone once said that there are 4 kinds of bones in every organization.

• There are the “wishbones,” those who spend their time wishing someone else would do all the work.

• There are the “jawbones,” who do all the talking but very little else.

• There are the “knucklebones.” They knock everything anyone ever tries to do.

• And finally, there are [...]

Who Has to Sign the Mortgage Documents?

It seems to befuddle even experienced closers. Does the Deed have to match the Mortgage and does the Mortgage have to match the [...]