Jennifer's Real Estate Title Insurance Blog

Sure Fire Ways to Chase Away Home Buyers     1)      Being home for showings – To start with it makes the buyers feel uncomfortable.  When the owner is home the buyers often feel rushed and feel like they can’t critique anything.   2)     Hanging personal pictures – Potential homebuyers aren't in...

One of the most important things a listing agent should do when showing a property is mention all the selling features that home has to offer.  The selling fearures should also be pointed out and mentioned in all online listings and any fliers or print marketing being done for the listing.  While...

Most Title Agencies can act as a Notary Public     Title agencies play a pivotal role in real estate property transactions.  Along with title work, many title agencies can act as escrow holders and even provide notary services.   The reason this is helpful to your property transaction is because ...

When it comes to title insurance on a piece of real estate, many people see it as a closing cost that is an unnecessary expense.  However, once they understand the importance of title insurance and the risk involved in not having it, it’s a no brainer.  Here are some helpful tips when it comes to...

    When you decide to put your house on the market, one of the first things you want to do to attract buyers is touch up the curb appeal of your home.  The curb appeal is the first thing buyers see of the property and you know what they say, “you only get one chance to make a first impression.” ...

Do you have insurance and are you bonded?  Believe it or not there are a lot of home inspectors out there that don’t have insurance.  This is significant because if something should happen to the inspector during the home inspection like falling off the roof or getting injured in the crawl space,...

When it comes to buying a home these days women have a lot of influence on the final decision.  Women are looking for a house that is functional and easy to maintain, not something that is going to require lots of up keep and a weird layout.  We are also seeing more and more single female home bu...

Closing a real estate transaction can be a stressful ordeal.  After all the contract negotiations, home inspections and moving preparations, it can get to be overwhelming.   And on top of all of this, once you've gone through the process of getting a signed contract, now you feel as if the transa...

  A tax lien is a document that has been filed with the county government to let the public know that you have a debt that is unpaid.  This is a lien on your property and if you sell the property the debt you owe the government will be paid first before any other debts are paid.  There are differ...

  More often than not the biggest obstacle that home buyers are going to face isn’t going to be picking an agent to work with or even finding the house, it’s securing the financing needed to buy the house.  The first step in the home buying process should be to get your finances in order to what ...