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12/22/2025

The Real Talk on Title Plants: What Agents Love, Hate, and Wish Existed

Title plants are essential for title agents to ensure they can efficiently access and manage recorded property documents. Here, we’ve gathered insights from agents who use different title plant software solutions to share what they love about their current systems and what could be improved. When it comes to title plants, title insurance agents across various states have strong opinions on the best tools for managing title searches, document records, and streamlining property transactions. Title plants are essential for title agents to ensure they can efficiently access and manage recorded property documents. Here, we’ve gathered insights from agents who use different title plant software solutions to share what they love about their current systems and what could be improved.

12/22/2025

How to Use Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loan Lookup Tools

By utilizing the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lookup tools accurately, title insurance professionals can streamline the mortgage payoff process, ensuring clear and marketable titles for property transactions Knowing how to verify loans registered with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac is crucial for title insurance agency employees. These tools help confirm the current loan holder and match it with the payoff provider, ensuring accuracy in your transactions. Here’s a comprehensive guide on when and how to use these lookup tools effectively.

12/22/2025

State-By-State Directory to Apply For or Renew Your Notary Commission

This comprehensive list covers notary public resources and requirements for all 50 U.S. states. The links direct to the official state government websites with details on becoming a notary, renewing a commission, and accessing notary forms and certificates. Every state has different rules for becoming a notary. Whether you’re renewing your commission, applying for the first time, or just trying to figure out which agency actually handles it (spoiler: it’s not always the Secretary of State), this is the directory you wish had sooner. We’ve pulled together all 50 state links—direct to the source, no fluff, no outdated blogs, no AI hallucinations. Just click, apply, done.

12/22/2025

Avoid Costly Mistakes: What is the Critical Role of Title Insurance in Real Estate?

In this article you'll learn:

12/18/2025

Annual Filing Deadlines of 1099-S Forms 2026

These deadlines are for reporting real estate transactions made during the 2025 tax year on 1099-S forms. These deadlines are for reporting real estate transactions made during the 2025 tax year:

Cheryl.wtf on 12/17/2025 🐐🎙️It Started with a Typewriter and a WTF Moment: The Story Behind Wicked Title

📌 EPISODE SUMMARY:(Scroll down for the full story)This episode isn’t about algorithms, hacks, or hot takes.It’s about how Wicked Title Forum came to exist—and why it refuses to look, sound, or act like anything else in the title industry.Wicked Title started with a typewriter, a teenage job in a one

Cheryl.wtf on 12/10/2025 🐐🎙️The Hidden Hand Behind Every Closing: How Federal Regulators Shape Your Title Business

The patchwork of oversight isn’t going away—but understanding how these regulators connect can save you money, protect your license, and give you a voice in shaping what’s next.🐐 Explore All Things Wicked | 🔔 Subscribe | 📢 Be a Sponsor🎙️EPISODE SUMMARY:(Listen above or Scroll down to read th

Cheryl.wtf on 10/29/2025 🐐🎙️20% of My Files Canceled Last Year—Here’s How I Stopped Bleeding Money

What do you do when a deal collapses mid-stream and you’ve already spent hundreds? How can title agencies protect themselves?🐐 Explore All Things Wicked | 🔔 Upgrade Now | 📢 Be a SponsorThe Hidden Cost of Canceled Title Files“This year, I watched nearly one out of every five files walk out the door w

on 10/22/2025 🐐🎙️The Remembrance Clause - Part 2

🐐 Explore All Things Wicked | 🔔 Subscribe | 📢 Be a SponsorEvery industry has its ghosts. For title agents, they don’t wear white sheets or rattle chains—they live in the dead files, the canceled deals that drain our time, money, and sanity. Today is the exciting conclusion of the fictional,

Cheryl.wtf on 10/15/2025 🐐🎙️The Remembrance Clause - Part 1

Five Strategies Title & Escrow Companies Must Execute to Succeed in 2026

12/22/2025

In 2025, the pace of change in title & escrow stopped simmering and started to boil.Industry technology leapt forward with the introduction of agentic AI—and title & escrow professionals squared up to face new digital age challenges. As artificial intelligence advanced rapidly, title & escrow firms

12/18/2025

The Hidden Paycheck Part 1

The Hidden Paycheck Part 1: What You’re Really Earning Beyond Your Salary When you look at your paycheck, the first thing you notice is the amount you take home. But what if we told you that number is just part of the story? Your total compensation is often much more than the dollars deposited […]

12/16/2025

Positive Affirmations to Get The Most Out of Your Hour of Power

Positive Affirmations to Power Up Your Mindset When used consistently, positive affirmations help you focus your energy, cut through distractions, and perform under pressure. Whether you are starting your morning routine or gearing up for a key...The post Positive Affirmations to Get The Most Out of

12/16/2025

What’s Trending: December Edition

With the NFL playoffs approaching, football is still on the top of people’s minds and social media feeds. From the shocking Chiefs' elimination to the 44-year-old Philip Rivers leading the Colts back into contention and the rise of upstarts like the Bears and Jaguars making headlines, this year prov

12/14/2025

Personal Branding Doesn’t Take a Holiday

The air is cooler, the shopping sales have begun, and our to-do list is growing by the minute. But there is definitely something different in the air … something that you can’t quite put your finger on. It’s not tangible, but it’s a feeling. It’s that holiday happiness, that extra bit of kindness th

12/12/2025

10 Tips for an Effective Referral Program

Referrals are one of the most valuable sources of business for service-based industries, especially for title companies, law firms, real estate professionals, and other trust-driven businesses. When someone chooses a closing partner or an attorney, they’re making a decision with major financial and

12/11/2025

Webinar – 1031 Exchange Basics – January 15

Join us on Thursday, January 15, 2026, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, for a live webinar. Sayward Loftus, Business Developement Manager, First American Exchange Company, will be…

12/09/2025

Served with a Subpoena: What Real Estate Professionals Need to Know

BY American Land Title Association Getting served with a subpoena can be an intimidating experience—especially for professionals in the title or settlement services space who…

11/25/2025

Navigating the New Massachusetts Real Estate Withholding Rules (Video)

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11/20/2025

Signed, Sealed…Misdelivered? Mastering the Maze of Conveyancing Documents (Video)

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11/20/2025

DC Education Session (February 11, 2026)

February 11, 2026DC Education Session9:30 am - 4:30 pmGreat Room at Savage MillOld Weave Building8600 Foundry StreetSavage, MD 20762This session is being hosted by The Maryland Land Title Association and the District of Columbia Land Title Association. If you are a member of either association, atte

Cortes & Hay Profiles Title Agency and Real Estate Agent Relationship - Asbury Park Press

12/22/2025

Cortes & Hay Profiles Title Agency and Real Estate Agent Relationship Asbury Park Press

Cheryl.wtf on 06/04/2025 🐐🎧🎶 Would You Join Me? – A Title Industry Anthem

An ode to the title agents out there clearing clouds, chasing payoffs, and signing their souls away—one closing at a time.This parody of “Hey You” isn’t just a moody throwback—it’s a call to arms (and hearts).Because you’re not alone out there.Not in the hallway. Not on the road. Not even when you’r

Cheryl.wtf on 05/07/2025 🐐🎧🎶 Ink, Lies & Alibis

🎶 Ink, Lies, and AlibisA True (Tragic) Tale of Title Fraud, Sung with a Country DrawlIn this heart-wrenching (yet weirdly toe-tapping) ballad, we follow the story of a title agent who did everything right…Except one thing: they didn’t use Positive Pay. 😬And that’s how Clyde—somewhere in Georgia—rode

Cheryl.wtf on 12/12/2024 5 Days of Closing

🎸 Rock Out with "5 Days of Closing"! 🎤The holiday classic just got a title industry twist—and a serious dose of rock! We've transformed "12 Days of Christmas" into a bold, head-banging anthem about the chaos, quirks, and triumphs of title closings.🎶 Perfect for title agents, escrow officers, and any

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