Juliana Tu An Escrow Officer may not be always available to sign up clients and do their documents notarizations. During such times we may employ a mobile …
Read moreEscrow Tips #6 – The Importance of the Mobile Notary
In my Escrow Tips section I offered a story called “ Unintentional contract fraud” – Tip #12. Regretfully, we have a much more serious incident …
Read moreEscrow from the Trenches – INTENTIONAL Document Fraud!
Has this ever happened to you? Your buyer submitted their offer and the seller accepted it, then the seller made changes on the original contract …
From time to time we will be cc’d on an email from a lender or a real estate agent that says, Congratulations! Your loan has …
Freeze! Okay, so this is not a cop and robbers show. But this is what we ask when we see that a transaction has a …
Read moreEscrow From the Trenches – Freeze! Equity Line Drama
Most of you are familiar with the types of funds that a settlement agent will take to open or complete an escrow transaction. Each settlement …
Read moreEscrow From the Trenches – When is a Wire not a Wire?
Death and taxes, right? Can’t escape either they say, although I figure if you die, you probably don’t need to worry about those darned taxes. …
Read moreEscrow from the Trenches – When Property Taxes Are Lost In Transit
California property taxes are straight forward. You own property, you get to pay taxes on it. However, California’s supplemental taxes are a little harder to …
Read moreThe Art of Escrow – Understanding California’s Supplemental Property Taxes
You own property? Maybe you are looking to buy? Acquaint yourself with California’s secured real property and unsecured personal property tax system. You need to …
Read moreThe Art of Escrow – California Property Taxes – How Does the System Work?
Oh, those trials, tribulations and drama that goes into handling Business Opportunity / Bulk Sales during the pandemic! It was never easy during the normal …
Read moreThe Art of Escrow – Bulk Sales – Trials, Tribulations and Drama During the Pandemic