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Steven J Baum and NY Times - Rita Killary/NY
11/6/2011 9:29:42 PM (2731 views)

[+] American Abstract - Lynn Rucker/VA (18 replies)
11/3/2011 2:58:44 PM (3832 views)

[+] MORTGAGE CONNECT - anybody know them? - Bruce Murch/VA (5 replies)
11/3/2011 2:16:38 PM (7582 views)

[+] Looking for advice on selling title insurance - Gerry Scott/TN (8 replies)
11/3/2011 1:00:36 PM (3227 views)

[+] E & O Question - Wayne /OH (3 replies)
11/2/2011 8:10:17 PM (3027 views)




[+] Jeaz... - Slade Smith/OH (4 replies)
11/2/2011 4:18:56 PM (4801 views)

[-] Lost another one. - Dan Zook/CA (13 replies)
11/2/2011 1:31:09 PM (3458 views)
Re: Lost another one. - CHARLENE  PERRY/MD
11/2/2011 2:48:24 PM (3997 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Dan Zook/NY
11/2/2011 3:52:54 PM (3982 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Nils Nelson/ME
11/2/2011 5:44:57 PM (3989 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Brenda Summerlin/FL
11/7/2011 7:06:37 AM (3729 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Leigh Attridge/MA
11/2/2011 4:47:08 PM (3980 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Barbara Bennett/IN
11/7/2011 5:10:14 PM (3554 views)
Re: Lost another one. - ER/FL
11/16/2011 1:16:12 PM (3828 views)
Impossible - Bay Area Abstracting - William Pattison /CA
11/7/2011 7:56:15 AM (3836 views)

   These fly by nighters come in and drop off radar quickly.  They get a six dollar search from India, pull a couple of maps from a computer index, toss in a copy of the online taxes and check the deeds for any other doc-references and then send it as a completed work to a client.  Deed copies are digital images.  They miss CC&R's as they don't search them out, they miss unpaid priors, they miss lot splits, they ignore easements, and they don't search dangling interests.  They operate on the premise that they report anything that can reasonably be found in the records by the layman who knows nothing of land titles, and so expect to never have a claim so long as they list the obvious stuff.

 These are opportunists who are no better than corporations sending jobs overseas, and they make everyone look bad as a profession.

  A week from now, the client will look and not find them in business.

  I dropped a client who wanted a full chain for three hundred fifty dollars last week in unincorporated county lands that was rail lines.  These P. U. lands are certainly not one hour searches or a day.  They can take a week and cost upwards of a couple thousand, so depending on the descriptions, $125 sounds like a massive bargain compared to what I usually charge.

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Re: Impossible - Bay Area Abstracting - john franz/NJ
11/7/2011 10:35:37 AM (3619 views)
Re: Impossible - Bay Area Abstracting - William Pattison /CA
11/14/2011 12:24:43 PM (3718 views)
Re: Impossible - Bay Area Abstracting - Dan Zook/NY
11/15/2011 9:10:08 AM (3807 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Clayton Griffith/TN
11/7/2011 11:32:24 PM (3606 views)
Re: Lost another one. - Paige Dunn/GA
11/19/2011 12:29:38 PM (3602 views)

[+] Interesting Reading - Kevin Ahern/CT (3 replies)
11/1/2011 10:54:12 AM (4650 views)

The Multistate Settlement Lottery: Bupkis - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/31/2011 2:07:55 PM (4117 views)

[+] Comment on "The Abstract Solution Announces Agency Platform" - Source of Title/OH (11 replies)
10/31/2011 9:54:22 AM (2990 views)

Is the jig up for MERS? - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/31/2011 8:27:00 AM (4100 views)

[+] Service1st, Service 1st, Service First, Valuenet - David Marks/VA (1 reply)
10/29/2011 10:31:22 AM (3044 views)

Mortgage regulator, Edward DeMarco, at home with criticism - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/27/2011 8:06:31 AM (3978 views)

[+] Comment on "Another Big County Goes After MERS Back Fees" - Source of Title/OH (1 reply)
10/26/2011 7:00:19 PM (2886 views)

[+] Rasa Solutions - Bridget Marinelli/PA (15 replies)
10/26/2011 10:41:11 AM (3555 views)


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