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Escrow Tips #1 – City Reports

City Report? What City Report? Do I need to provide a report to my Buyer when I sell? Here is a tip for you: Yes, …

Threats To Escrow ! Part 4 – Email Fraud!

Much of wire fraud that we see in the escrow industry rises from fraudsters hacking into the email accounts of clients, real estate professionals or …

Threats to Escrow ! Part 3 – Identity Fraud!

In this part 3 of my Threats to Escrow I bring up the most public of all frauds – identity fraud. Stealing someone’s identity and …

Threats to Escrow ! Part 2 – Check Fraud!

It’s not just wire fraud, my friends, that we need to worry about. Whether it is in an escrow transaction or just our daily lives, …

Threats to Escrow! Part 1 – Wire Fraud! The most prevalent threat to your escrow transaction

There is nothing, absolutely nothing worse than finding out all your hard earned money that you wired to your escrow company disappeared. Why? Because some …

A Transaction Touched by COVID-19

We are 9 months into the pandemic and many people have been laid off, furloughed, and small and large businesses have closed down. The escrow …

Deeds – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Very often we come across Deeds – Grant Deeds or Quitclaim Deeds – that are poorly drawn, making us wince, a frown, or raised eyebrows. …

Grant Deed? Quitclaim Deed? Why one? Why the other?

We often get asked , why do we use a Grant Deed? When do we use a Quitclaim Deed? What are the differences between the …

Want to lend money on a property? Part 2 – The Deed of Trust

You want to to lend someone some money and have it secured on the person’s property? Lending the money is easy, getting the right documents …

Want to lend money on a property? Part 1 – The Promissory Note

You want to to lend someone some money and have it secured on the person’s property? Lending the money is easy, typing the right documents …