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Observations from my short career as a real estate investor
by Slade Smith | 2012/02/01

In late December, my brother and I bought a house to fix up and "flip" on the north side of Columbus, Ohio. This is the house:

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New CFPB Settlement Disclosure Form (HUD 1/1A) - Round 3
by Wyatt Bell | 2012/01/26

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued the 3rd round of the proposed Settlement Disclosure Form which will replace the GFE HUD 1/1A.

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The Foreclosure Dilema: Decisions at the Expense of One Class
by john gault | 2012/01/11

This material looks at favoritism to one class of citizens at the expense of another in

enforcement of  Law in regard to foreclosures.     

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Title Insurance Employment Keeps Taking It On the Chin!
by Wyatt Bell | 2012/01/07

The latest jobs report shows the insurance sector created 3,300 jobs. But title insurance lost jobs and wages decreased.

 

 

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Training the new generation of "closers"- My Big Blue Bird is catching on
by CHARLENE PERRY | 2012/01/06

I wish I could share a picture of my sweet big blue bird, Skyler Blue with you here, but suffice it to say, he is beautiful, and he is very smart!!  He could easily learn how to "conduct" a closing if I worked with him enough. 

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Robo-Signing..it's still alive and well
by CHARLENE PERRY | 2012/01/05

But with a twist.  Since the explosion of media attention given to the robo-signing debacle lenders and servicing agencies have all said that they have changed their ways and that robo-signing is no longer an issue, UNLESS...

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First American Title and HARP 2.0 - The newest cost effective way to "insure"
by CHARLENE PERRY | 2012/01/04

First American Title announced the availability of its Quick Start HARP 2.0

For those of us who still try to do things the right way be prepared for some major clean up work in the future

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CHARLENE PERRY's Blog :: 1 comments ::

Education in the title industry- a sorely missing component
by CHARLENE PERRY | 2011/12/27

25+ years ago when I "fell into" the title industry things were so much different than they are now.  Some things I was glad to see change, others, not so much.

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CHARLENE PERRY's Blog :: 11 comments ::

Is That Mortgage Open-Ended?
by Robert Franco | 2011/12/27

I got a call from a client this morning asking if a mortgage we showed on a title search was open-ended.  It is an important question.  When we do a search, we report what we find.  If the mortgage is open-ended we write "Open-Ended Mortgage."  If it is not, we simply write "Mortgage."  But, this reminded me of an email I received a few months ago.  It seems that an abstractor did not indicate whether the mortgage was open-ended or not.  As it turned out, it was open-ended and there was a claim on the title policy because of the discrepancy. The question in the email I received was simply "who is responsible for the claim?"

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Categories: Abstractors, E&O Insurance, Risk, Liability and Claims

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The Sincerest Form Of Flattery?
by Scott Perry | 2011/12/22

I was originally going to post this to General Discussion, but it somehow seemed more appropriate here.  It has come to my attention that a fellow SOT member is truly impressed with the way I write.  So much so, that this member has seen fit to plagiarize the content of my advertising from SOT onto another website. 

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