Hello.

Has anyone ever worked with these guys? We cannot seem to find anything on them.

We were contacted by a "Patrick Peters" with First Knotch Solutions.

Myself and my partner were unable to find anything on them, and they wanted our pricing.

1. When I emailed them saying "What price points are you looking for?" they said "Just submit your bid proposal and I will escalate it to my management..." Weird, but ok...

2. Normally Vendor Managers have a LinkedIn or some kind of listing: nothing. That caused a meeting with my partner and we felt...it did not seem like a strong lead.

3. Then they started asking us about Document Retrieval in South Carolina. That is fine, however a HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IS SET TO ARRIVE TOMORROW WHICH MAY CAUSE COURTHOUSE CLOSURES, FLOODING, DEBRIS, POWER OUTAGES...which may hinder Document Retrieval. I explained that to them and their reply was: "Please help us."

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4. Back me up here: as a Courthouse Title Searcher, if I receive a document retrieval it usually contains a Book, Page # or an Instrument # or Case # (Civil Judgments, Estates, etc). They just gave a date and a loan amount. I explained to them if they do not have these then it could be a current owner search. Now my Red Flags are really going up.

Has anyone heard of these guys or worked with them? If so, email me. Even if you have not, beware and do your due diligence. If it sounds sketchy, chances are it is...

- Will

willd@abnlsolutions.com