🐐Title Underground: Secret Blacklists, Ominious Warnings, Deepfakes and 12 Things Law School Doesn't Teach You! 23-March-2025
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Hi, I’m Cheryl, your guide to the Title Underground. Each week, I curate the most important news, insights, and resources—so you don’t have to. Just scan the headlines and dive into what matters most to you!
Inside this Edition:
Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
Free Webinar
Regulatory & Policy Updates
Tips
Deep Fakes and the Threat to Title Insurance
🪄Magically Thriving Business💸: Resources to help you run and grow your business.
Wicked Insights: Crowd-Sourced Solutions
Events
A Wicked Sense of Humor: Sunday Funnies
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Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
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🌍 Foreign Tax CPA: 🚨 Combatting ITIN Fraud
🎙️The Truth Behind Rocket Mortgage's Redfin Deal & Keller Williams' Big Move with Mike Mahon
🎙️Tales from the Road: Insights and Opportunties in Today's Real Estate Market
📰Warren Buffett's latest move sends ominous warning about state of housing market
📰Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees
📰A Secret Mortgage Blacklist Is Leaving Homeowners Stuck With Unsellable Condos
📄Advocus National Title starts virtual closing platform in Chicago
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Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
HUD/FHA
USDA
State Specific
📰Alabama law: Buyers don’t have to sign contract before home tours
Banning property taxes in Florida gains traction among lawmakers
Quiet Titles, Loud Impact: What This Riverbed Ruling Means for Land Rights in Montana
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Deep Fakes and the Threat to Title Insurance
📄What You Need to Know About Deepfake Risks in Real Estate Closings
📄Deepfake Dangers Part 1: How AI Trickery Is Targeting Real Estate Transactions
🎥Real Estate Cybercrime: The Latest Threats in Seller Impersonation Fraud
📄‘It is not real': Title company owner warns of new twist to title fraud
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🎙️Can we learn from the real estate agents? Using Circle Prospecting to Sell 100+ Homes in a Year
🎥 How Financial Technology (FinTech) is revolutionizing the real estate industry
🎥12 Things Law School DOESN'T Teach You About Being A Lawyer
📄Lead flow equals success: These are the top strategies for 2025
Wicked Insights: Crowd-Sourced Solutions
This week, the title industry was asked…
Question:
Real Estate Agents are some of the most skilled sales people in the broad real estate industry, so I asked them what they're reading.
Answers:
Here is what title agents and other industry professionals across the country had to say…
Ninja Selling: Subtle Skills. Big Results by Larry Kendall
Step-by-step Referral-Based Real Estate Business Blueprint by Verl Workman
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Kaizen Mastery: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Better Processes, Improving Daily Work, and Achieving Organizational Excellence by Steve M. Beauchamp
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley
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