Robert,

First off, thank you for your candid response.  You are correct in the fact that I was working with a national agency, who at one point has a good reputation in the title industry and even before shutting the doors had a terrible reputation.

In addressing the CE hours, currently this is not a problem as I unfortunity have "plenty" of time on my hands. I have already met the requirements of my home state of Pa. for the next year, and only being licensed for a little over a year, most of my CE requirements will not come due for some time.

I also agree that my best opportunity would be with a national agency, probably in the role of a secondary set of licenses.  I have been associated with two agencies who have had rather bad experiences as the result of having only one set of licenses. But I was also hoping to find the needle in the haystack agency that was looking to go from a smaller agency to a national agency or even one who was looking to expand to a particular region or maybe just a neighboring state or two.

As far as being licensed in twenty-seven states and keeping up with the new changes, I guess that's where my legal background comes in handy. My position with my previous agency (besides licenses) was to handle claims; therefore, I had to be profecient in knowing each state's statutes, liens, title, etc.  or how to find them. I know policy is somewhat if not greatly different, but the point is I am able to work on a national level and if I don't have the knowledge, I have been trained where to find it.  I have only worked on a national level, and not only my mentor, but most other licensees I have known all have a similar amount of licenses.  I would assume that title issues are dealt with first by a title examiner, then by the manager of the policy department, so the different state statutes or regulations, such as severing joint tenancy, liens, and such will be reviewed even before the policies get to me.

But in looking at the responses to my post, twenty-seven states or not, the market is slim and going back into the legal field may be my only option.