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IMO - fred jansen/GA
3/9/2015 11:33:41 AM (3511 views)

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[+] Thank you, Mr. Alvey! - Alix Ott/MI (7 replies)
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[+] pay history? - WAYNE QUICK/NC (11 replies)
2/27/2015 9:26:03 AM (2323 views)

[-] Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY (53 replies)
2/24/2015 5:16:29 PM (3105 views)
Re: Copy fees - Kristina Leitch/MD
2/24/2015 5:57:46 PM (2497 views)
Re: Copy fees - Jason Knowles/AL
2/26/2015 12:01:31 PM (2378 views)
Re: Copy fees - Scott Perry/PA
2/24/2015 8:34:40 PM (2437 views)
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2/25/2015 12:05:11 AM (2393 views)
Re: Copy fees - REBECCA RIZZONELLI/PA
3/2/2015 7:50:41 AM (2332 views)
Re: Copy fees - Mark Rasnick/OH
2/25/2015 12:52:21 PM (2283 views)
Re: Copy fees - Robert Franco/OH
3/6/2015 3:57:02 PM (2308 views)
Re: Copy fees - Scott Perry/PA
3/14/2015 2:58:01 PM (2173 views)
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2/25/2015 3:38:59 PM (2273 views)
Re: Copy fees - Shona Dunning/WY
2/25/2015 6:06:30 PM (2301 views)
Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
2/26/2015 8:47:30 AM (2319 views)
Re: Copy fees - Kristina Leitch/MD
2/26/2015 12:23:53 PM (2382 views)
Re: Copy fees - Randi Erickson/MN
2/26/2015 2:40:56 PM (2186 views)
Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
2/26/2015 4:14:04 PM (2267 views)
Re: Copy fees - Randi Erickson/MN
2/26/2015 4:17:54 PM (2241 views)
Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
2/26/2015 4:35:02 PM (2274 views)
Re: Copy fees - Kristina Leitch/MD
2/26/2015 5:37:12 PM (2283 views)
Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
2/26/2015 6:26:18 PM (2413 views)
Re: Copy fees - WILMA WALKER/AL
2/26/2015 6:56:05 PM (2336 views)
Re: Copy fees - Leigh Attridge/MA
2/27/2015 8:31:38 AM (2244 views)

Interesting discussion, but I am going to disagree with you on a few points.

My experience has always been that my clients, who are professionals, want quality title work.  In Massachusetts attorneys certify title & no-one I have ever worked with has dropped me because of copy fees or title fees.  I have had to sit down  from time to time & negotiate with clients who want flat fees; but it was done in good faith  & with the understanding that no-one was profiting unduly on either side.

The companies that provide equity line services directly to banks or even mortgage title services directly to banks might want to go for the lowest possible price point but as I remember that has mostly worked out to be a bad deal (Fiserv/BOA/QuickClose).

I've been in this business since 1975 & have been listening to *the death of this industry* comments since about the time photocopiers arrived in the Registries.  When computer access arrived; the death knell  was tolling & Armageddon was predicted to be *any day now*.  Meanwhile, my clients (the professionals) who want a professional product, delivered in a timely fashion, with zero mistakes, AND a check of probate, equity & divorce records which are not available online continued to order title after title from me. 

It is true that anyone can go online & figure out the system-- it isn't rocket science- BUT I cannot visualize any reputable law firm putting their own malpractice & their own financial future on the line to avoid paying  photocopy charges.  They might decide to go with another reputable examiner who will eat the charges; but a wholesale rush to hire *examiners* who can do rundowns for $15.00 flat will probably never happen unless they get total indemnity from the title insurers (see Fiserv/BOA/Quickclose above) which, is never going to happen.   

 

 

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Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
2/27/2015 9:54:10 AM (2154 views)
Re: Copy fees - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Re: Copy fees - Mark Rasnick/OH
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Re: Copy fees - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
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Re: Copy fees - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Re: Copy fees - Randi Erickson/MN
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Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
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Re: Copy fees - Nils Nelson/ME
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Re: Copy fees - Nils Nelson/ME
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Re: Copy fees - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Copy fees - Bob Costa/NY
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Re: Copy fees - R A/KY
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Re: Copy fees - fred jansen/GA
3/9/2015 11:39:12 AM (4430 views)
Re: Copy fees - Christine Johnson/NC
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Re: Copy fees - Patrick Obrien/MA
3/2/2015 10:24:04 PM (2007 views)
Re: Copy fees - Donald Block/KY
3/2/2015 8:28:50 AM (2100 views)
Re: Copy fees - KIMBERLY  FALCONE/PA
3/2/2015 9:32:33 AM (2134 views)
Re: Copy fees - KIMBERLY  FALCONE/PA
3/2/2015 9:33:34 AM (1996 views)
Re: Copy fees - Dick Cranium/DC
3/2/2015 10:37:30 AM (2079 views)
Re: Copy fees - sharon tornes/MN
3/4/2015 3:17:08 PM (1950 views)
Re: Copy fees - Smitty Strickland/SC
3/6/2015 3:48:09 PM (1912 views)
Re: Copy fees - stephen willard/OH
3/16/2015 9:52:31 AM (1789 views)
Re: Copy fees - Yvette Todoro/KY
3/16/2015 10:46:53 AM (1792 views)
Re: Copy fees - Scott Perry/PA
3/16/2015 6:42:06 PM (1882 views)
Re: Copy fees - Yvette Todoro/KY
3/16/2015 10:46:55 AM (1724 views)


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