I agree. Constructive advice should not be taken as bashing. In fact, the advice I have received here probably saved me from jumping in. I have had SEVERAL people tell me that I would have no problems doing title searches and to not worry about E&O. (These people were also ones trying to get in on some of the work I was doing, so that made me suspicious. If they knew so much about title work, why werent they doing it?) I started asking questions around here. Some responses were a little discouraging, but they were consistent.

I have a couple of manuals and after reading them I was thinking "This dont seem right. If this is as simple as these books are making them out to be, why are there so few abstractors" Also, I am not a supporter or straight book training. I feel you need some type of hands on training. Thats why Im going to classes. (By the way, the classes, both the law and the abstracting class I mentioned are being taught by a lawyer, not some professor that hasnt been in the field a while. I made sure to ask about that.)

There are newbies out there that really dont know what they are doing. I have talked to people that when I ask them something like "How much do you carry (or pay) for E&O" and they are like "Whats E&O?". When I tell them, they are like huh? I know for myself that if / when I go into title searches, I will probably try and get on with a company because just starting out E&O for me is going to be crazy. (I was quoted between 2k and 2500 just for a 500,000 policy....and thats if I finish my training at CVCC. And 500,000k isnt going to cut it with some client I know.)

Anyway, newbies shouldnt view constructive advice as bashing. It might just save you from making a huge mistake.

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