Prior Articles

National License, National Database, National Everything?

There has been discussion about a national driver’s license, a national license to practice law, a national database for IRS liens, a national database for all real property liens, and a national registry for all real property records. The Federal Reserve, in its proposal for a national lien registry, says its idea would make locally recorded information [...]

Sinkholes

Once a year I try to review new state laws that may impact real estate transactions. Before I could get to this task, the Florida Land Title Association sent out several bulletins describing important law changes, doing my job for me! I will summarize a few of these laws, here, but you really need to see [...]

Payoff Requests

A lot of complaints from closers have been coming in about the time it is taking to obtain payoff information, especially from condominium associations. When I contacted some condominium association friends for information, I received a howler!

Apparently, it is not the estoppel information that is taking so much time, it is the buyer’s [...]

Solar Water Heaters

What is it about solar water heaters that screams scam? I just read an article that many folks are buying solar water heaters (and other solar energy saving devices) from companies who are, allegedly, indicating their government rebate checks would arrive before payment was due. Unfortunately, many of these people were also convinced [...]