Streamline Your CRE Law Practice: Eliminate Hours of Admin Work and Prevent Weeks of Closing Delays
For commercial real estate (CRE) attorneys, time is money. Whether your regional or national clients are lenders, investors, or companies with large footprints, one overlooked bottleneck can drain your team’s productivity and delay closings by weeks: managing title work – searches and commitments. The good news? There’s a solution that simplifies this antiquated, time-wasting management […]
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What do you look for in a title search?
What is a title search? How do you do one? Who can do them? Why are they needed, what do they cost, and how fast can one be done? Read the blog here to learn about how to do a title search. What do you look for in a title search? Let’s start off by stating […]
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What benefits do title search companies have over physically visiting a land records office?
It’s not about who can access the records, because anyone can. It’s about knowing how to do a title search. Experience. What to pay attention to and what to ignore. Knowing what the variety of document types means, and what their expiration guidelines are according to your state’s statute of limitations. Some documents have periods […]
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Property Taxes Going Away?
Are Property Taxes Going Away? The likelihood of President Donald Trump successfully eliminating all property taxes in the United States is extremely low, despite his expressed interest in the idea. While President Trump’s statement on July 4, 2025, signals interest in abolishing property taxes, the practical, legal, and political hurdles make it highly unlikely, with […]
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What is “Title” in real estate & why is a title search needed to determine It?
“Title” generally refers to property rights, or “interests”. A search of a property’s title is the only and best way to determine a property’s rights and interests. There is no definitive summary of property rights that is available anywhere. Therefore, one must search that property’s record (log) for them. Land records in the US are […]
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What is the difference between title and a deed?
What is Title? Title” generally refers to ownership of a piece of property but includes all rights to a property by other parties. What is a Deed? A deed is a written document that evidences the sale (conveyance) of that ownership interest from seller (grantor) to buyer (grantee). Deeds are made official record at the […]
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The role of a title search in preventing property fraud
Title to real estate is usually in the form of the deed you signed when buying the property, which was then recorded at the county office. Assuming those virtual records do not disappear or get “wiped”, after recording, the hardcopy, original deed is virtually worthless. Copies also exist at the settlement agent’s office (attorney, title, […]
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How to find who owns a property in New Jersey
Tax records are the quickest place to look, but these records are not reliable for confirming the rightful owner of property for any transaction. Tax records may be inaccurate, so beware! Don’t tax records show names on deeds? They are supposed to. The recorder’s office is where deeds are recorded, and it sends deed data […]
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- Streamline Your CRE Law Practice: Eliminate Hours of Admin Work and Prevent Weeks of Closing Delays
- What do you look for in a title search?
- What benefits do title search companies have over physically visiting a land records office?