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[+] Policy Writing - George Booth/OH (7 replies)
2/8/2006 11:54:01 AM (2087 views)

[+] Another judgement question - Lynn Hammett/SC (7 replies)
2/8/2006 10:53:11 AM (2194 views)

Just checking - Tammy Knight/MO
2/7/2006 10:30:25 PM (1838 views)

[-] Outrageous Copy Costs - Danielle Nelson/WI (11 replies)
2/7/2006 1:06:16 PM (2263 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Matthew DeLand/NY
2/7/2006 1:31:37 PM (2888 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Danielle Nelson/WI
2/7/2006 1:49:42 PM (2935 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - FOR ON-LINE SEARCHES ONLY - Jay Duncan/MO
2/7/2006 2:25:22 PM (4294 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - FOR ON-LINE SEARCHES ONLY - David Bloys/TX
2/7/2006 2:56:37 PM (2721 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Patrick Scott/IL
2/7/2006 1:53:08 PM (2894 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Danielle Nelson/WI
2/7/2006 2:53:43 PM (2734 views)

The information I received is from a company we own in Winnebago county.  The manager of that office told me in a meeting this morning about this situation.  His searchers do go to the courthouse, but they use their own computer there.  They pay for access to the same system that the county uses for their records, in order to have the convenience of not waiting in line for an open computer.  If they wanted to use the computers with the usual copy costs, our turnaround would be much longer as there are 4 computers with about 25 searchers fighting for access.  This is their primary county, so they have several searches every day.  If it was a matter of a couple searches a day, I'm sure he would have his searchers use the county's computers.

When searching, we look at all mortgages from vesting deed forward and check the satisfactions to be sure they match up.  I'm working on a current owner right now that has 9 satisfied mortgages and 3 open mortgages, so they would have to look at at least 2 pages from each mortgage and 1 or 2 pages on each sat.  That's $5 or $6 per mortgage, plus all the open documents.  On open mortgages, I would need to look at at least 3 pages each, assuming the searcher can guess which page the loan amount may be on.  Some current owner searches may go back 20 or more years and include many E&R's to add on top of this. 

I guess it's sort of a catch-22.  We can either pay all this extra money for convenience and to keep our turnaround time up, or I can pay people to basically stand in line all day to avoid paying copy costs, and risk not being able to adhere to the turnaround requirements.

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Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Lisa Ramsey/TX
2/8/2006 10:55:57 AM (2673 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Danielle Nelson/WI
2/8/2006 2:22:36 PM (2674 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Lisa Ramsey/TX
2/8/2006 2:59:47 PM (2720 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Kevin Ahern/CT
2/8/2006 5:38:56 AM (2662 views)
Re: Outrageous Copy Costs - Robert Franco/OH
2/8/2006 10:29:48 AM (2716 views)

[+] Jay - J Nisonger/CA (8 replies)
2/7/2006 3:34:54 AM (3244 views)




Best Company of the Month! - J Nisonger/CA
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[+] CONGRATULATIONS, STEELERS!!! - Scott Perry/PA (7 replies)
2/5/2006 10:11:45 PM (2205 views)

Thank You Amerisearch (f/k/a) - Lisa Ramsey/TX
2/4/2006 12:16:34 PM (1831 views)

[+] hand held scanners - Robert Breakell/CT (9 replies)
2/3/2006 7:05:56 PM (2129 views)

Feedback/Company Reviews - Robert Franco/OH
2/3/2006 11:12:38 AM (1703 views)

[+] USA Map - Smitty Strickland/SC (6 replies)
2/2/2006 6:41:35 PM (2159 views)

[+] Judgment question for abstractors - dotty foehrenbach/PA (13 replies)
2/2/2006 4:29:15 PM (2183 views)

[+] Title Source/Zen Title $$ - John OConnor/IL (6 replies)
2/2/2006 11:35:13 AM (2267 views)

[+] Richmond Monroe Research - Julie Jasiunas/WI (16 replies)
2/2/2006 11:10:51 AM (2156 views)

[+] First Indian? - Robert Franco/OH (47 replies)
2/1/2006 3:47:35 PM (2272 views)


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