🐐Title Underground: The Title Think Tank; The ‘Fast Food’ Scam & More 27-July-2025
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
🚨Title Think Tank
🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
👀Cyber Security & Fraud
🪄Magically Thriving Business💸: Resources to help you run and grow your business.
📅Events
🐐A Wicked Sense of Humor: Sunday Funnies
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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Title Insurance 101: Principles and Fundamentals of the Title Insurance Process
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⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
National
🎥 The Big Beautiful Bill: What Title Agents Need to Know Now
📰White House Pushes Story That Federal Reserve Hired a Crisis PR Firm
📰Opening Federal Land for Development Will Not Solve Basic Housing Shortage Problems
📰New Legislation Seeks to Address Systemic Bias in Home Appraisals
📰Bipartisan legislation aims to expand Accessory Dwelling Unit financing
State Regulatory Changes
📰Ohio House Overides Gov. DeWine’s Vetoes on Property Tax Reforms
📰Idaho will offer insurance licensing exams in Spanish Aug. 1, 2025
📰New Hampshire joins the pack of states to ban right-to-list agreements
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