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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

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. The deception comes when the… Continue