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Don’t Think You’re Biased? Try This
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 center-stage and I hope it will stay center-stage until we will address it and make life equitable for all. We all need to be active anti-racists and support the BLM Cause.
“Modernized Land Records Part 1 – Land Records and GIS Overview” by PRIA
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...
Governor Asked for Executive Order for Remote Ink-signed Notarization Closings
The Minnesota Legislature approved Remote Online Notarization last year. The law has not yet been implemented, generally due to the inability for lenders, title insurers and county recorders/registrars to get on the same page with the technology. And there are some...
PRIA puts up Draft: “GIS Toolkit – How to Get Started”
The Property Records Industry Association, which develops and promotes national standards and best practices for the land records industry is doing a webinar *Modernized Land Records Part 1 - Land Records & GIS Overview" on June 11th at 2PM CST. The panel...
Mobile Notary Closings- a look inside the process
This is a short (13:42) video by Mark Wills that represents the basics of what it looks like to sit down with a customer at a loan signing. It the process is unfamiliar to you, this will give you a good picture of the notaries role and what the customer sees....
There’s a New Group in Town for Real Estate Agent Licensing
The Real Estate Learning Group (TRELG) has linked with Jeanne Johnson to bring first-class, state approved, real estate pre-license courses.
There’s a New Dog in Town -Real Estate Sales Licensing
There’s a new dog in town. We’ve added mobile friendly Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Courses 1, 2 and 3 to With content from some of the best educators in the country, we have joined The Real Estate Learning Group or TRELG for excellent content at a great price. Check out the Courses in Online Education.
Must Have Real Estate Principles A Great Deal Of Real Estate Investors
Landrecs.com Selling industry can viewed as a rewarding and lucrative career, if obtain started around right feet. You really need the right information to launch a successful agent commercial enterprise. I'll show you the overview of methods to get started as an...
Blockchain Can’t Protect Property Rights, but Title Insurance Can
From ALTA's Title News Archive By Zachary Kammerdeiner and Ashley Sadler It’s hard to open a newspaper today (or, more accurately, scroll through the news) without seeing an article about blockchain. This new technology is taking our society by storm with many touting...
CFPB Finalizes TRID Amendment Allowing Lenders to Disclose Closing Cost Increases
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized an amendment to its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule that addresses when mortgage lenders with a valid justification may pass on increased closing costs to consumers and disclose them on a Closing...
Fitch: Does Blockchain Represent a Paradigm Shift for the Title Insurance?
April 26, 2018 In a report titled “Blockchain and Insurance - The Trust Machine,” Fitch Ratings views blockchain as a potential game-changing technology for the insurance industry over the long term. Fitch concludes that blockchain offers several benefits, but...