I read this article titled "The Teaching Cure" in the Sunday NYTimes last weekend and I thought you might find it interesting.
The general public relies on real estate agents, attorneys, and other professionals to be advocates for them in a variety of situations - negotiating contracts, settlements, etc. One skill that is presumed but often underdeveloped and overlooked is the art of negotiating. I must admit that before I… Continue
Posted by Marc Diaz on September 26, 2008 at 9:24am
Transaction Management
At one time or another, some of you may have actually wondered how we came up with the name “CloseTrak”. Actually, the name was conceived by a web developer back in 2000. When I left my old closing practice in early 2000, I wanted to build a website that would improve the real estate process by efficiently sharing information about a transaction. Duplication of effort is a huge waste of time in any scenario but residential real estate takes it to an extreme level. W… Continue
Hello to everyone. I want to raise awareness of a deceptive practice being employed by the banks and title companies selling recently foreclosed property. The scheme is not new to anyone experienced buying property following a foreclosure. The prospective buyer is lured to close with the selling bank's title company on the promise that they will get good t itle and that the selling bank will pay the buyers closing costs and the premium for the owners title policy.