Our Software Engineer Intern, Carter Costic, recently competed in the Future Business Leaders of America’s (FBLA) Database Design and Applications competition this year. We spoke with Carter about his experience winning the award - here's his story: "I competed in the Future Business Leaders of America’s (FBLA) Database Design and Applications competition this year; [...]
For those of you living in coastal regions, you are probably aware that Hurricane Season is upon you and flooding events are a real possibility. But even though flooding because of major weather events, like hurricanes, get more news coverage, flooding can occur in any region of the United States. Floods alone have caused [...]
For your clients, few things in life are as stressful as buying or selling a home. And while completely eliminating that stress is unrealistic - it doesn’t mean you can’t leave a good impression. Consider giving your clients some useful, relevant gifts during the closing process. These small, albeit thoughtful details will make the buyer/seller [...]
3 Ways Title Agents Can Avoid Delays in Closing To outsiders, buying or selling real estate appears to be a simple process that basically involves choosing between three houses, meeting the real estate agent for coffee to tell them which one you chose and then, viola! The buyer suddenly lives in [...]
Five Reasons Why Commercial Closing Attorneys Need Title Software Real estate commercial closings are known for being unique and not as standardized as residential closings. Commercial closings can have its own specific requirements during escrow, document creation, and title insurance. The volume is also generally lower than purely residential closing teams [...]
It’s tiiiiime! Yep, it’s that time of year we all look forward to! No, I’m not talking about summer vacation. I’m talking about TAX time. As a title agent or attorney, you probably have April marked on your calendar for tax purposes. Well, if you don’t already, you should. As you know, title agents, attorneys, [...]
Recruiting Tips for your Title Agency Remote Edition Attracting and retaining top talent has always been a problem for companies. A global pandemic has only further highlighted this. In this article, we’ll go through some steps that you can take to improve and develop your remote hiring strategy. ALISON MALONEY amaloney@snapclose.com LET’S GET [...]
7 Common Title Issues Anyone questioning whether the value of title insurance is worth the cost should understand the risk they are taking. It falls upon us, as title agents, to education the buyers (and/or borrowers) of those risks, whether it be how title insurance works or what it covers. Here are some of [...]
“…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin The IRS has a wide variety of tools available to collect on tax debts and is certainly not afraid to use them. The tool we commonly come across in the real estate closing and title insurance industry is [...]
The 1031 Exchange is a commonly used tax benefit in real estate investments. In a nutshell, a 1031 Exchange allows real estate investors to delay paying capital gains taxes on the sale of an investment property when they roll the proceeds of that sale into a new investment property of like kind that is [...]
