Deep South Title, LLC

10/31/2025

Taxes don’t have to be spooky. Remember if you own property for investment and desire to sell, you can do a 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange and purchase replacement property without having to pay income taxes on the sale. Deep South Title is a qualified intermediary and can help you with the process.

10/01/2025

15 years ago today Deep South Title came to be. After talking to and getting advice from a couple of friends of mine, I decided it was time to start my own business. It has grown over the years but in ways that were not on my business plan 15 years ago. I couldn’t have done it without God’s hand being on me and my family supporting me and I thank you Rhonda Senkbeil for allowing me to spend the time that I need to keep the plates spinning. On to 20 years.

03/16/2023

PSA of the day:

Never, never, ever send money for a real estate transaction without calling the closing company (using a known good number NOT found in the same email sent requesting money) and verifying their bank account information. Never. It only takes one time of not verifying to become a victim. It used to be that the FBI stated that they could claw the funds back within a 2-3 day window. I’ve been told that due to cryptocurrency, this number has now fallen drastically to a couple of hours at best. Don’t become a victim.

A retired teacher and her daughter were scammed out of nearly $200,000 while buying a house in Colorado after hackers hijacked their email conversation with the real dealers.

03/08/2023

So how did you spend your afternoon today? I gave a presentation this afternoon titled: Surveys and Legal Descriptions. Who can you trust?

Jeff Senkbeil, owner of Deep South Title, LLC, speaks to attendees of our Nashville seminar about surveys. Jeff's presentation offered many instructional points for title professionals, including historical methodologies versus today’s practices; issues affecting surveying; and case law that has shaped surveying questions that have arisen through the years.

10/14/2022

Please, please, please don’t fall for this scam. I’ve seen a few of these in Alabama. They give you a couple hundred dollars and when you go to sell or refinance, they want a bunch of money to release their lien. They really don’t care about selling your house (I mean, a 40 year lien. Who is going to be in business 40 years from now?). What they really want are the fees you will owe them when you refinance. Or, when you “forget” that you sold your right to choose a realtor to sell your house and have to pay twice. Surely the CFPB will get involved and shut this predatory scheme down.

The homeowners signed a deal with the company and said the details were not explained to them.

07/11/2022

I get asked this question all the time. If you feel like you really want coverage of some type, I’d recommend that you look into identity theft insurance that also covers your house. (I know that the Home Title Lock ad used to say that it wasn’t covered under normal identity theft policies, but guess what? it is.)

And guess what else, I’ve found at least one comprehensive identity theft product that covers this as well …cue drumroll…. and it is less per month than this product. I guess those celebrity shills ain’t cheap.

https://bankerandtradesman.com/title-theft-company-lies-to-consumers/?fbclid=IwAR1lE4HHki64Cdzvy5SZJQYqbIDruJTRt_mXDgGohPSBVfqNIF-geRQEASg

Calculating people are always looking for ways to separate the rest of us from our money. Such, it appears, is the case with Home Title Lock, an outfit that promises to “protect” you from home title theft.

10/31/2021

Happy 1031 Day. Don’t get tricked when you go to sell your investment property. Instead, check out the treats and benefits of an IRS Code Section 1031 tax deferred exchange. Deep South Title, LLC has been helping facilitate 1031 Exchanges for years. Give us a call before you sell your investment property.

10/31/2018

Happy 1031 Day. Don’t get tricked when you go to sell your investment property. Instead, check out the treats and benefits of an IRS Code Section 1031 tax deferred exchange. Deep South Title has been helping facilitate 1031 Exchanges for years. Give us a call before you sell your investment property.

06/26/2018

The names of two Alabama companies are currently being used in a Mexican timeshare resale scam. But the same advice to follow in cases like, this applies to many types of transactions. It goes without saying but in any transaction, make sure you know who you are dealing with. Do your own research.

Two of these potential scams have been stopped within the past week because people actually researched the companies that were being used to perpetrate the scam. Don't rely on a fancy website or what they tell you in an email. You must dig as far as you can. Also, contact the actual resort using the information in your files. They will know more than the scammers wants you to know. The emails always say not to call them because it will make the transaction cost higher but that is exactly what you should do. And while you have them on the phone, ask them to place a hold on your account. They are not to authorize any transfers without speaking to you at the number you give them.

Do not rely on any information they have given you. Yes, the Better Business Bureau will have no record. Yes, the attorney general will have no info. But the actual people associated with the true companies will provide meaningful information. Use the Secretary of State’s website to find the incorporation records. Most of the time, these companies have been around for years with no activity and no website which makes an attractive target for the scammers to create one. If the company was formed years ago, call the incorporator, look up annual reports, find a corporate officer. Call a company in the same city that is in the same line of business and ask then what they know.

Also, never ever send any money upfront. They most likely will ask you to wire the funds but wires, cash, cashier's checks and other forms of certified funds are almost impossible to trace.

Bottom line, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Buying a timeshare vacation rental has often been fraught with fraud. Now, Consumer Reports explains that scammers are targeting owners who want to sell.