by Jeanine | Nov 17, 2014 | Education
Click HERE for course descriptions for the following individual courses: Principles of Closing – Minnesota Closing Agent Pre-license course Principles of Abstracting (National Edition) Principles of Abstracting (Minnesota/Midwest Edition ) Title Exam for Title...
by Jeanne | Nov 17, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Notaries, Quality, Real Estate Market, Signing Agents
With the greatest of pleasure, I am thrilled to report that on December 5th, Instructor, Brenda Colston, will be teaching a LIVE “HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL CLOSING AGENT.” Information below: This is an amazing class and an opportunity to learn from the...
by Jeanne | Nov 17, 2020 | Education
There are a number of newly licensed closing agents out there, and I often get questions on how to make a good impression with a smooth closing. So here are my tips. Remember, everyone in a mortgage closing wants a smooth signing. Mistakes, no matter how small, can...
by Jeanne | Nov 17, 2020 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Diversity, Education, FHA/HUD, Government Oversite, Industry News, Licensing, mortgage, Notaries, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Sales, Signing Agents
The Minnesota Legislature passed legislation permitting video conferencing to satisfy the requirement to appear personally before a notarial officer for certain conveyances. The bill has been signed, and is set to expire Jan. 6, 2021, unless renewed under an...
by Jeanne | Oct 18, 2020 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Government Oversite, Industry News, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents, Signing Agents, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology
On October 15th, 2020 the MN House and Senate passed House File 15 allowing Remote Ink-signed Notarization. Generally that means a Notary can send documents to the signer/s and make an appointment to Identify the signers with appropriate ID on the screen and audio,...
by Jeanne | Sep 21, 2020 | BLM, CFPB, Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Real Estate Market, Signing Agents
Google has now added a dedicated Mortgage Explainer panel built-in with Google Search. In partnership with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Google Search has added a knowledge panel to provide useful and easy-to-explain US Mortgage processes....
by Jeanne | Sep 21, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Diversity, Education, Industry News, Mobile Notaries, Notaries, Signing Agents
Digital mortgage platforms have the potential to reduce discrimination. But automated systems provide rich opportunities to perpetuate bias, too. Great article from the New York TimesNew York Times Article that discusses online lending, quickly taking hold in the...
by Jeanne | Sep 14, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Signing Agents
What is a Minnesota Closing Agent? Minnesota is one of the states that requires closers and signing agents to be licensed. Why? Because closers have access to private information given by consumers to lenders to obtain a mortgage (addresses, Dates of Birth, SSNs,...
by Jeanne | Aug 20, 2020 | Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Minnesota Land Title Association, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Must Read and See, Notaries, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents
New bill for Closers, introduced in the MN Legislature on July 20th entitled “REAL ESTATE DOCUMENT NOTARIZATION; APPEARANCE BY VIDEO AUTHORIZATION DURING PEACETIME PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.” This important bill for Closing Agents was introduced by the MN land Title...
by Jeanne | Jul 14, 2020 | BLM, Education, Must Read and See, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Personal notes to friends
Say out loud, as fast as you can, the COLOR of these words. See. Our unconscious bias for reading overtakes our conscious effort to identify color. Our unconscious color bias also overrides our sense of humanity. Many of us deny we have bias. With BLM, bias is...
by Jeanne | Jun 11, 2020 | Abstracting/Searching, ALTA, Education, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Recording of Legal Documents, Taxes
I just attended a PRIA session on Geographic Information Systems. It was an excellent session. My key take-aways were a look at our future and the future of land records: current, accurate, connected. Easy and fun for users. An excellent presentation by a Wisconsin...