Archive - Wicked Title Forum

🐐WTF🏢: C-PACE: From Clean Energy Initiative To Liens That Survive Closing and other CRE Developments

C-PACE financing can fund clean-energy improvements, but its assessment lien may survive a commercial sale or refinance. Here’s what title and escrow…

Sep 15 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐Title Underground📰: Plywood at the Closing Table, 813,000 Underwater Borrowers & Buyers Who Keep Clicking “Save”

Plus: FHFA Eyes the Vendor Stack, SoftPro Kills Another Handoff & Stewart Buys the Back End (13-Sept-2026)

Sep 13 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐🎙️ Notarial Wording: The Small Detail That Can Sink a Closing

Stamped it and moved on? Notarial wording errors are a top reason notary closers get disciplined. Here’s what actually matters.

Sep 9 • Cheryl.wtf

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🐐Title Underground📰: A Locked Gate, A Dead Woman’s Signature and A Buyer Who Forgot They Could Move

Plus: a new CFPB reform bill, QR-code dangers, crypto-funded down payments and a robot without a license (6-Sept-2026)

Sep 6 • Cheryl.wtf

🌍When the IRS Gets It Wrong

Even correct FIRPTA filings can lead to serious problems when the IRS makes an error. Learn how one buyer faced collection action years after closing…

Sep 3 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐☕The Incorrect Correction that Accidentally Started a Lawsuit

How a Scrivener's Error Affidavit Made Everything Worse. Sometimes the easiest solution creates the biggest headache. Here's a real-world title story…

Sep 3 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐💬 Join the Conversation: AI, Aggregated Data, and the Next Fight Over Who Gets Left Holding the Bag

When bad third-party data or AI-assisted title work causes a claim, who actually owns the mistake—the underwriter, the agent, the vendor, or the E&O…

Sep 2 • Cheryl.wtf

August 2026

🐐Title Underground📰: Florida’s LLC Has Babies, Utah Makes Buyers Pick Their Poison, & Romania Loses the Whole Damn Registry

Plus: Underwater Sellers Surface in Strange Places, Georgia Forgives the Witness & Arkansas Keeps the Trash Liens (30-Aug-2026)

Aug 30 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐Monthly Digest: August 2026

Everything Wicked August 2026: Making the Complicated Simple since 2022.

Aug 26 • Cheryl.wtf

🐐Title Underground📰: The 30-Day No-Transfer Rules, Title Companies Grow Without More Closings & the RESPA Lawsuit With Nine Lives

Plus: AI Starts Calling the Property Records, Hidden Communications that are Costing You, & South Carolina changes earnest-money proof (23-August-26)

Aug 23 • Cheryl.wtf

ITIN Processing Updates in 2026: What Foreign Sellers Should Know

ITIN eligibility rules have not meaningfully changed for 2026, but processing delays can still affect foreign sellers. Learn why timing, accurate…

Aug 20 • Cheryl.wtf

Dismantling TRID: Front-Row Tickets to the Fight of the Season.

339 Comments. 10 Bizarre Problems. Many Unexpected Participants. The Future of Real Estate Hangs in the Balance

Aug 19 • Cheryl.wtf

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