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Real Estate Closings & COVID 19 Governor Whitmer has issued Executive Order No. 2020-70. This order allows Real Estate professionals to begin working after the initial Stay At Home order. Specifically, under paragraph 10, section "h" it states the following... "Effective at 12:01 am on May 7, 2020, workers in the real-estate industry, [...]
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 2020-41 LANSING, Mich. -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-41, which will protect the health and safety of Michiganders by reducing unnecessary in-person contact, through the use of electronic signatures, remote notarizations, remote witness attestations and acknowledgments, and remote visitations. Executive Order 2020-41 is effective immediately and continues through May 6, 2020 at 11:59 pm. "It [...]
The 31 Flavors of Title Deeds The transfer of property can be done in many ways, with many different documents. Anytime property is transferred the document used must be recorded at the local Register of Deeds office. Below we will go over some of the more common documents; sometimes called instruments. Warranty Deed [...]
Did you know that there are certain days of the year that rank high in regard to selling a home? Some may believe that putting a home on the market any time of the year is a great idea. What if we had data that highlight the best days of the year to sell [...]
The newest trend in Real Estate today is the .Realtor and .RealEstate Top-Level Domains. You may by wondering what a Top-Level Domain is, but I can assure you it’s not as complicated of a topic as it sounds. I’m sure you are used to seeing “.com” attached to the end of a website as with [...]
Every year, SplashData compiles a list of the most popular passwords based on millions of stolen logins made public in the last year. You can probably guess the top two choices: Based on more than five million leaked passwords, they are “123456” and “password.” There are also some new additions this year, including “starwars,” [...]
Buying and selling a home is an exciting time, but there can be pitfalls for unsuspecting consumers . We want home buyers ,sellers, agents, and lenders to be aware that criminals are using wire fraud schemes to steal money meant for home purchases or the proceeds from the sale of the property. Watch [...]
If you have been paying attention to the national, or local industry news you would have seen that fraud is on the rise; primarily Wire Fraud. This process is usually done by either spoofing, or breaking into an agents/sellers e-mail and sending out updated wire instructions on the day of closing. Another common attack [...]
Did you know that the very system we use for locating property in Real Estate was founded by former President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was not only our 3rd president, but was also a land surveyor. With his knowledge of surveying he created the Public Land Survey System. This system broke land down into Sections, [...]
Buying a home is a huge investment—and you can’t exactly read Amazon reviews to get a sense of any problems that might crop up after you’ve plunked down your money. That’s why it’s smart to get a home inspection before you close the deal. But since home inspections aren’t free and that cash comes out of your pocket, you might be [...]
