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What is Real Estate Escrow? Escrow, in real estate, comes down to your house and your money being in limbo. Essentially, a third party holds and regulates payment of the funds required for two parties involved in a given transaction. It helps make transactions more...

Good funds laws are meant to ensure that money funding real estate purchases and refinancing transactions is secure for disbursement at the time of closing. This protects all parties from finding they have unfunded mortgages at closing. Good funds laws came into being...

Though there are many benefits to creating an LLC to manage your properties, this can open you up to LLC Identity Theft. Creating an LLC for your properties is a good way to limit your liabilities, keep your properties separate from each other, enjoy pass-through...

We've been in the title insurance industry for a while now (162 years and counting) and seen title companies come and go. Just because someone has an office and says they are a title company doesn't mean you should trust them to take your client's best interests into...

We get it. At closing, it's easy to get overwhelmed with what seems like a tidal wave of mandatory fees and surcharges. It may even lead you to consider rejecting what you see as "optional" closing costs. However, if you're thinking about passing on getting an owner's...

Selling your home and thinking about trying to save some money by not hiring a Realtor? You might want to think again. Most of us have tried to tackle that pesky plumbing problem, car repair, or remodel only to discover we should have hired a professional. Unforeseen...