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This Manual with matching CD teaches how to Read, Write and Draw Legal Descriptions. It explains the various types of legal descriptions, from acreage to single family, townhouses, condominiums and common interest communities. It makes clear the Public Land survey System and spends a significant amount of time on both locating and drawing metes and bounds descriptions. Angles, distances, courses, as well as deflection angles, curves and azimuths become recognizable.  A great addition to any title examiner or abstracter’s collection.  For more information, contact us.

Title Examination for Title Insurers explains the role of a Title Agent, Title Underwriter, Title ExaminationLender, Real Estate Agent, Seller and Buyer when buying, selling, refinancing and closing a transaction.

It breaks down each part of a title policy in easy language – telling what is covered, what is not covered on a given parcel, and what is never covered under a title policy. It clearly explains the importance of Schedules A and B, pointing out what is acceptable, how to repair unacceptable titles, and what to watch for.

Key elements of the text include: an important discussion of Federal real estate laws and how Federal Laws affect title; State Marketable Title Acts; important State Statutes; use of Local rules, and common State Title Standards.

Step by step instructions take you through the process, showing tools and tricks of the trade in examining everything from vacant land to condominiums and co-operatives, paying particular attention to what to look for and expect on various housing styles.

Suggested ways to solve Title Problems are provided, covering everything from everyday problems to complex issues. Solutions include fifty ways to clear a title, along with red flag areas that require special review by experts. It is a one hundred thirty page blueprint for examining title.

Special Features:

* Key learning objectives are clearly defined for each chapter
* Hands on examples with copies of documents, appear in the book
* Tests for each unit check your knowledge of the material
* Answers are given in the back of the book to make sure you grasp concepts
* A Glossary of Terms explains key vocabulary words and land title terminology

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$175.00

She has also consulted as a title expert in a number of other real estate andTitle Insurance for Real Estate Professionals insurance publications including a fun, interactive CD that walks through the various parts of a real estate transaction. It takes you on a tour of the bank, the courthouse, etc. Most enjoyable and you will learn new things!

This title is NOT available for purchase here.
Her most recently published national textbook, is published by Dearborn Real Estate Education, Chicago, IL and is available online at: Here

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$12.27

Distinguish yourself from the crowd with the National Association of Land Title Examiners and Abstractors NCA designation (NALTEA Certified Abstractor.) Demonstrate to your your clients that you are a professional, skilled Abstractor, who that takes pride in your profession.

The NALTEA Education Committee, in conjunction with Jeanne Johnson & Associates created this study manual to focus on key national aspects of land title searching and abstracting and core “need to know” title searching concepts. Refresh your skills, and learn to compare and contrast the variations of national themes such as Deed of Trust vs. Mortgage, Joint Tenancy vs. Tenancy by the Entireties, etc. The book is a must for you when dealing with clients in multiple states to understand what your customer really wants.

Special Features:

o Key learning objectives are clearly defined for each chapter
o Hands on examples with copies of documents, appear in the book
o Tests appear after each unit to assess your knowledge of the material
o Answers are given to verify your comprehension
o Glossary of Terms helps you identify key concepts, and explains the variations of terms used in different locales.

NALTEA Board has placed “Principles of Abstracting, Searching and Land Records Management” (National Edition) on its approved reading list as a study guide for the NCA designation.

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$175.00

This Hands-on Workbook (100 pages), that includes a Companion CD, covers:
The Public Land Survey System
Base Lines, Principle Meridians, Correction Lines
Sections, Townships, Ranges
Correctly dividing Aliquot portions of a Section
Estimating acreage and identifying problems with acreage descriptions
Government Lots and lands adjacent to water
Running Metes and Bounds Descriptions
Types of Monuments, Points of Beginning, running calls
Deflection Angles, calls to the right and left
Azimuths in a description
Working with Compass Bearings – Degrees, Minutes and Seconds
Lines, Tangent and Non-Tangent Curves in a description
Working with Subdivided Lands
Plats, Re-plats, Surveys
Common Interest Communities – Condominiums, Townhouses,
Co-operatives
How to correctly re-subdivide already platted lots
After completing this workbook, participants should be able to:
* Construct a legal description using the metes-and-bounds method
* Explain the role of POB, monuments, and directions in metes-and-bounds descriptions.
* Explain the process of creating a legal description using the rectangular survey method or acreage description
* Describe the various monuments and lines in the rectangular survey
* Divide sections and determine acreage
* Explain the process of creating a legal description by platting
* Describe how benchmarks and datum are used in measuring elevations
* Define and use various units of measurement
* Accurately locate and/or draw complex legal descriptions

Includes Companion CD.

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$175.00

“Principles of Abstracting, Searching and Land Records Management.” – Minnesota Edition
by: Jeanine W. Johnson

This text book is a comprehensive journal about land titles.

Overview: A solid overview to the rules of searching land titles and maintaining a (publiPrinciples of Abstractingc or private) tract index. The text begins by reviewing “real estate law 101” with specific definitions pertaining to land titles, because, in the real world there are many words used to describe the same thing.

Then, an overall review of legal descriptions. Learn how to “think” legal descriptions – what direction are we going… and how far? Remember, we are not surveyors working on the ground, but searchers who need to read and follow surveys and maps.

After that, the details of searches made in various public offices – the Recorder, Treasurer, Courts, etc… What you I need to do in each office and why? We cover “chaining title” and how to find missing “links” in the chain of title. The book includes actual copies of both indices and documents. We discuss the perils and necessary disclaimers of an Owner and Encumbrance Report. Searching Torrens lands , required name searches and who the players are and how they interact in the torrens system is also discussed.

For those who intend to take state licensing exams for Abstractors, we cover licensing laws, ethics and standards of professional conduct. This is a “need to know” when being licensed, and a “good to know” in any case.

Special Features:

o Key learning objectives are clearly defined for each chapter
o Hands on examples, with copies of documents, appear in the book
o Tests Each unit has questions that test your knowledge of the material
o Answers are given in the back of the book to verify your comprehension
o Glossary of Terms The book contains pages of land title terminology to help you identify exactly what you are looking for, or need to ask about

YOUR PRICE:$175.00