RE/ACT RECS

It’s a day like any other day.  Well maybe it’s not like any other day.  It’s settlement day.  Buyers are buying, sellers are selling, lenders are lending and Realtors are conducting final assignments to make sure everything goes off without a hitch.

But in this case, it should be a no brainer.   The Buyer knows the Seller very well.  In fact the Buyer was the Sellers school teacher.   The Buyer…

Settlement Stories: Going it Alone

Settlement stories: Going it alone.

In this day and age of fixer uppers DIYers, google it, watch it it on Youtube, there are those people who attempt to simply certain processes widely accepted as requirements and put them on an app   and make everything a quick easy digital fix. I once posted a meme that ask someone to text me a cup of coffee. And there may come a day where that can physically…

69% of Buyers are Wrong About Down Payment Needs

Homeownership Is a Good Financial Investment!

Vladimir looked at the bevy of computer monitors that was cast in front of him. 9 different screens containing information from all over the world. 

He chuckled to himself as he was watching the conversation between a real estate agent in Tampa and the closing attorney about to handle the 3 Million dollars sale of real estate next friday. His laugh was…

Settlement Stories…A Day in the life

 October 2015 represented the beginning of TRID.  The rules and regulations that were put into place to protect the consumers.  The unforeseen affects are part of a day in the life of a title agent as represented by the following…

Twas a crazy Wednesday, May 31 and closing was scheduled for 4pm for at least the last couple of weeks. For the last 48 hours hours we have been asking the lender for…

Settlement Stories…. The Check doesn’t leave the table

     The trials and tribulations of today’s real estate closings.  Title agents are constantly battling between government regulation and customer service demands.  And the the customer service has two heads and they can be a beautiful princess of reciprocation or sometimes a monster of mayhem and misunderstanding.  In 2016, according to NAR (National Association of Realtors) there were 1,233,000…

More Americans Chose to Own a Home Than Rent in Q1 — Ventura County Short Sale Realtor

According to the latest report from the US Census Bureau, more Americans chose purchasing a home over signing a lease to rent in the first quarter of 2017. Source: More Americans Chose to Own a Home Than Rent in Q1

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