For as long as I've been in business, many of my clients have never gone to a title company office to close their half of the transaction. I handle the closing for the title company in my private office, in the client's home, and frequently at their own office desk.
Frankly there are very few of us who do this. Licensing requirements have not focused on abstract and title issues in many years. In some states, they never have. Things were different in Texas in the '60s.
Back when I was first studying real estate in the University of North Texas Business School in the early 1960s, the university's requirements were voluminous and stringent. After all, those of us in the classes were getting college credit for them.
On top of that, if the school certified to the state that the student had completed the course study with the overall grade of B or higher, he could sit for the state's broker's exam, bypassing the salesman's exam and apprenticeship requirements altogether.
Part of that course study involved learning the abstract process, working with land surveys and real estate legal and loan documents. One of my mentors, an old-school Galveston broker, taught me the rudiments of closing.
I've been doing closings ever since.
I enjoy being able to offer full and competent services to my clients, and I bend over backwards to make sure when I'm representing them, it's smooth, easy, and most of the time, fun.
If that extra service is important to you, call me. Knowledge is definitely king in this business. Oddly in recent years, states have licensed so many who have so little.
Oddly in recent years, states have licensed so many who have so little.
Bill...I love that last line! You are so interesting and accomplished !
I bet this service gets talked about down in your neck of the woods. Great hook!!
Gary
I've always enjoyed doing this stuff, and it most certainly has brought me many clients I would probably not have had otherwise. It's especially important to those who don't really want to stir up interest in what they are up to if they are forced to wander through the lobby of a title company.
Tom
I've been thinking about you. Did you get settled in?
Miss Joanie,
That last line was sent from God. I liked it too. Thanks for liking the piece.
Billycherry