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Wicked Title Knowledge Base Updates as of 18-Feb-26:
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The Wicked Brickhouse Guide to Auditing Title Operations is a practical, no-nonsense audit designed to help title companies uncover hidden risk, operational friction, and profit leaks before they turn into claims, burnout, or financial surprises.
This audit walks you through how your operation actually runs—file by file, handoff by handoff—so you can identify where assumptions replace verification, where work relies on memory instead of systems, and where liability quietly accumulates.
Inside, you’ll find:
A structured Title Process Reality Check to surface fragile workflows and single points of failure
A focused Risk Exposure Audit covering escrow, fraud, compliance, recordings, payoffs, post-closing, and policy issuance
Clear scoring to distinguish what’s stable, what’s risky, and what’s quietly failing
Plain-English questions that reveal problems without blaming people
This is not a best-practices lecture or a vendor pitch.
It’s an operational diagnostic built for real title companies operating in a modern risk environment.
If you’ve ever thought “we’re busy, but something feels off,” this audit shows you exactly where to look—and what to fix first.
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In case you missed it, this Audit Guide was inspired by our latest podcast episode:
More closings. More chaos. Less profit. A no-nonsense look at title operations, technology choices, and where profitability actually comes from.
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Notary rules aren’t uniform across the map, and they change fast. This tool lets you click on any state to see the current notary-related bills, regulations, and policy proposals being tracked right now so you know what’s moving in your jurisdiction. This is a great quick reference to stay ahead of notary signature and notarization rules that can affect how you close deals in your state. Give it a try…
Release tracking is the process of confirming that prior mortgages, judgments, and other paid-off liens are actually released of record after closing—and following up when they aren’t. In theory, this is routine. In practice, it’s one of the most time-consuming, least predictable post-closing tasks a title office handles. Lenders miss deadlines, documents get rejected by recorders, assignments surface late, and suddenly a “closed” file resurfaces months later. Third-party release tracking services step in after funding to monitor outstanding liens, chase missing satisfactions, coordinate with lenders and servicers, and confirm recording so those files don’t linger indefinitely on your desk.
Wicked Title Members can keep reading to find out:
Should title agents outsource Release Tracking?
A Comparative Look at the Vendors Offering Release Tracking Services
What Title Agents Should Watch for When Outsourcing
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🐐 Streamline Your Title Process: How to Order a Mortgage Payoff Efficiently - Streamline mortgage payoff orders with expert tips: Learn when, how, and what you need to request payoffs efficiently, navigating lender requirements like a pro.
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