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Title Tip: What You Can And Cannot Take With You When You Go

By Lydia Blair / August 25, 2020 /

There is often confusion about what a seller can and cannot take from a house when they sell it. Things can get unpleasant and disputes can erupt when all parties are not clear. Let’s shed a little light on what goes and what stays when a home sells in Texas. What conveys? Paragraph 2B of…

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Title Tip: What Does Your Closing And The Coronavirus Have in Common?

By Lydia Blair / July 14, 2020 /

What do the novel coronavirus and real estate closings have in common? Hopefully not that much. But now that I think about it, there are some dynamics that both a pandemic and a real estate transaction share. Regardless of how much or you plan or what precautions you take, unpleasant things can happen. Just like…

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Title Tip: Title Companies Are Considered Essential Services, But They’re Adapting

By Lydia Blair / March 24, 2020 /

Title companies are considered an essential service along with appraisers, banks, and mortgage companies. Most of us are still conducting business and working hard for our clients. Like all businesses in Texas, the U.S., and the world, we are operating in a different way during this health crisis. We have a duty to take care…

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Show us Your Tips: Why Your Title Commitment is Worth a Look

By Lydia Blair / February 25, 2020 /

The Title Commitment is important to a buyer because it discloses what type of coverage they will receive and the limitations to that coverage.

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With Bigger Goals Ahead, There’s No Looking Back For Duke Jimerson

By Joshua Baethge / January 6, 2020 /

  A couple of years ago, Duke Jimerson jumped into residential real estate, later making a segue from the residential and commercial title industry when he joined Jonathan Rosen and Christy Berry’s Collective Residential Group. Several months later the firm merged with Compass Real Estate, introducing a new national brand brokerage to the market that…

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