🐐Title Underground: Musical Holiday Fun, 10 Things I Hate About Real Estate & More 22-December-2024
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🎄✨ Happy Holidays from the Wicked Title Forum! 🎁💼
This holiday season, we’re sending warm wishes to our amazing community of title professionals, real estate agents, and industry experts. Your dedication, resilience, and passion light up the industry brighter than the National Lampoon's Home Decor! 🌟🎄
May your holiday be filled with joy, peace, and moments to cherish with your loved ones. Here’s to wrapping up the year with gratitude and gearing up for an even brighter 2025! 🏡
We'll be back again in January.
Stay Merry and Wicked,
Cheryl Evans, Your Wicked Correspondent💜✨
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The leader in secure real estate transactions, Closinglock, is teaming up with DocuSign to revolutionize eSignatures and document management for title companies. Coupled with Closinglock's integrations with RamQuest, ResWare, and Softpro, title clients can manage all of their funding and eSigning needs within their existing systems, streamlining workflows, boosting security, reducing errors, and enhancing efficiency.
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Less Obvious aspects of business planning that you might not have thought about…
Mastering Tough Conversations
As an employer, I think one of the hardest things is to tell employees what they are doing wrong! But it's so important, not only to do it, but to do it well. But so often, employers don't tell you what you're doing wrong, or they only tell you what you did wrong when they fire you rather than giving you an opportunity to improve, or they tell you but do it in a mean and demeaning way, or they tell you, but not clearly, ugh... there are SO many ways to do that wrong.
Is this something you've struggled with? Have you found a tried and true way to do it well?
Wicked Insights: Crowd-Sourced Solutions
This week, the industry was asked…
Question:
What is your policy on mailing original deeds and title policies? Are originals sent automatically, only upon request, or not at all?
Answers:
Here is what agents and other professionals across the country had to say…
1. Mailing Practices Vary:
Many title companies email the recorded deed and title policy, only sending originals upon buyer request.
Some companies mail all original deeds and policies by default to provide a personal touch.
2. Handling Original Deeds:
Several professionals stamp or label deeds to indicate they’ve been electronically recorded, ensuring clarity for clients.
Others shred original deeds after recording and rely solely on electronic copies.
3. Client Preferences:
While some buyers are comfortable with emailed copies, others, especially older clients, value having physical documents as part of the homeownership experience.
Providing original documents can help protect clients from scams that charge for copies of their deeds.
4. Balancing Digital and Traditional Practices:
Professionals in favor of sending originals see it as an opportunity for client engagement, such as including handwritten thank-you notes or reminders for homestead filing.
On the other hand, companies operating in highly digital environments emphasize efficiency and suggest originals are unnecessary without recording stamps.
5. Communication Is Key:
Clear communication with clients about the purpose of recorded deeds and policies, and how they are provided, is essential.
Many offices highlight the importance of discussing preferences with buyers during the transaction process to avoid confusion later.
Summary:
Whether to mail original deeds and title policies or rely on digital copies depends on your workflow, client preferences, and customer service philosophy. Many professionals recommend providing documents based on client requests, but others see mailing originals as a valuable touchpoint to build relationships and enhance the customer experience. Regardless of the approach, transparency and communication with buyers are critical for a smooth closing process.
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A Wicked Sense of Humor
🎸 Rockin’ the Holidays with "Settlement Sells"! 🎤
Jingle Bells has gone full-on rock ballad in this wickedly fun real estate industry twist! "Settlement Sells" takes the chaotic world of home showings and sets it to electrifying guitar riffs and powerhouse vocals.
Don’t just settle—rock your way to the finish line!
🎧 Listen now and share the holiday spirit with a twist!
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Cheryl
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