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[+] Vdorite Services, LLC - Nancy Noblitt/AL (2 replies)
5/2/2018 4:35:10 PM (3480 views)

[+] Maybe a kick in the pants for our workload? - Alix Ott/MI (5 replies)
4/30/2018 2:51:39 PM (3698 views)

[+] Title Reporting Software - Ron McPherson/IA (8 replies)
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[+] Comment on "Florida Agency Network Closes First Refinance E-Closing Using Remote Online Notary" - Source of Title/OH (1 reply)
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[-] Excellent article on our workload downturn - Alix Ott/MI (12 replies)
4/12/2018 6:26:35 AM (4507 views)
Good read .. - Bobbi Shorthouse, Notary Public/CT
4/12/2018 7:55:35 AM (3541 views)
Re: Good read .. - Alix Ott/MI
4/12/2018 8:12:06 AM (3441 views)
Re: Good read .. - F P/VA
4/12/2018 10:29:50 AM (3454 views)
Re: Good read .. - William Duncan/NC
4/12/2018 1:17:13 PM (3384 views)
Re: Good read .. - F P/VA
4/12/2018 2:07:20 PM (3354 views)
Re: Good read .. - William Duncan/NC
4/12/2018 2:30:10 PM (3548 views)
Re: Good read .. - F P/VA
4/12/2018 3:03:40 PM (3559 views)
Re: Good read .. - William Duncan/NC
4/12/2018 4:33:57 PM (3548 views)
Re: Good read .. - William Duncan/NC
4/12/2018 1:47:42 PM (3363 views)


In re India...(again, I am not against working with off shore companies as long as they A) are transparent B) pay up C) Are legit D) operate with American interests in mind..)

I do not think it is India at fault per say. In 2015 back on LinkedIn, I went into a group where are the big players hang out: Title Insurance Executives, Mortgage Officers for Fortune 500 Lenders, big time real estate attorneys, etc.

I asked a question in a discussion thread "What are your thoughts on outsourcing Title Search to off-shore companies?"

It was viewed by over 10,000 by the end of the day and by the end of the week it was HUGE! It gave me some insight(and advertised my business that got me a new client in the form of a Litigation Firm). 

General Consensus?  No way. Sure, cheap, but at the top tier you start messing with a lot of Financial Risk/Compliance stuff. The sort of thing that can get a company fined millions or billions, like these guys: https://www.globalcustodian.com/nasd-fines-four-fidelity-brokers-for-record-keeping-violations/. Imagine if that was your Equity Loan....

That is courtesy of the National Association of Securities Dealers. Then there are this...and this is OCWEN: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/37873-washington-hits-ocwen-with-fine-for-using-unlicensed-offshore-companies

I spoke with one of the managing partners at one of the largest REO law firms in North Carolina who, in a meeting, told me about how wake of the Housing Bubble a lot of emphasis was put on risk and compliance via the Consumer Financial Protection Act.

I am waiting on my friend to send me the article while I write this in-between Vendor Management, but one of the large "top 10" Title Insurance Companies is starting to get MILLIONS in Title Insurance Claims because they serviced Mortgage Loans to an "off shore" company, so I think slowly-but-surely there is an uptick in companies swinging back for on-site Abstractors, although technology is still a front line competitor.

I will say this in closing: there are many great Abstractors out there, and there are great Title Business Owner-Operators out there. But I am finding that those who are both (like me and Jay Duncan...no relation) are rare. There are many Abstractors out there who ROCK TITLE SEARCH...but SUCK in terms of being business operators. I have said this in previous posts: be innovative, be competitive, be driven, be smart. See an increased demand? Put a price on it. Have a chance to offer a new product or service? Put a price on it. Got screwed over by "no payers", create a PayPal, offer to take Credit Card, and CHARGE UP FRONT. YES: PUT A PRICE ON IT.

I fight for everyone but I cannot do it unless you help yourself first. 

Hugs to all!

-Will 

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Re: Good read .. - F P/VA
4/12/2018 9:57:50 AM (3363 views)
Re: Good read .. - William Duncan/NC
4/12/2018 1:05:10 PM (3473 views)
Re: Good read .. - Alix Ott/MI
4/12/2018 1:08:44 PM (3323 views)

Paid - Sara Tressler/PA
4/9/2018 11:57:45 AM (2273 views)

[+] Select Business Services - Smitty Strickland/SC (3 replies)
4/3/2018 6:04:38 PM (4052 views)

[+] ALWAYS GET $ UPFRONT - sam r/FL (4 replies)
4/3/2018 4:30:04 PM (2758 views)

[+] Interesting - F P/VA (2 replies)
4/3/2018 11:32:37 AM (4260 views)

[+] About T-00 Copy in TX for Title Searches - Abhinav Kumar G/TX (3 replies)
3/29/2018 12:32:58 PM (2619 views)


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