Thanks to ActiveRain bloggers Ed Rybczynski and Lenn Harley, real estate agents and brokers are being alerted to "Big Title's" practice of sending title searches to overseas vendors.  The offshoring of title searches is an issue that we abstractors have been dealing with for some time now, and the addition of Ed's and Lenn's voices to our cause is a very important development in our fight against outsourcing.  I was surprised from reading some of the comments just how many real estate agents and brokers were unaware of this practice.  Of course, if I were shipping the United States over to India one courthouse at a time the way Big Title is doing, I wouldn't be making a big public showing of it, either.

Lenn really nails it with this statement:

"The title search is one of the most important transactions involved in buying a home.  It's isn't the place to begin an economy drive."

We need to start educating real estate agents, brokers and consumers about the importance of having experienced local abstractors perform title searches within the four walls of the courthouse and that having "boots on the ground" is the only proper way to ensure the integrity of our public records systems across the nation.

I encourage my colleagues in the abstracting community to visit my ActiveRain blog and add your comments to the discussion.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to reach out and make ourselves heard to the outside world.

Regards,
Scott L. Perry, President
Jireh Business Information Solutions, Inc.
North Huntingdon, PA
SOT ID #1629