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09/02/2026

Who pays for title insurance? 🤔🏡

It’s a question buyers and sellers ask all the time, and the answer depends on the type of transaction.

Here’s the typical breakdown in a residential transaction:

🔑 Buyer: Typically pays for the lender’s title insurance policy, which protects the lender when financing is involved.

🏠 Seller: Typically pays for the owner’s title insurance policy, which helps protect the buyer against covered title issues such as undisclosed liens or other claims affecting ownership.

🔄 Refinance: The borrower typically pays for the new lender’s title policy because a new lender is entering the transaction.

So, in a typical purchase, you’ll often have two title insurance policies — one for the owner and one for the lender.

But here’s the important part for your clients: who pays is negotiable and can vary depending on the transaction, location, and terms of the contract.

📲 Realtors: save this post and share it with your buyers and sellers! Helping your clients understand these costs before they get to closing can make the entire transaction feel a lot less confusing.

08/28/2026

Every action we take is a vote for the person we want to become. 👏

The secret to building better habits? Habit stacking.

Instead of trying to completely change your routine, attach a new habit to something you already do every day.

🪥 Brush your teeth → 10 push-ups
📖 Sit on the couch at 7 PM → Read 5 pages
📊 Review your morning hot sheets → Make 5 calls to buyers or sellers

The goal isn’t to add more complexity. It’s to get maximum results with minimal effort by building new habits into routines that already happen.

Small actions, repeated consistently, can create big changes over time.

What’s one habit you could stack onto something you already do every day?

08/25/2026

Title insurance protects buyers from more than just making sure the seller can legally transfer the property.

It can help uncover and protect against things like:
🏠 Unknown ownership interests
🚧 Easements that affect access or use
🚽 Sewer lines, storm drains, or septic systems that could impact future ADU plans
💰 Unpaid debts, liens, or other financial encumbrances
📜 And a wide range of other title issues

The goal? Making sure buyers know what they're actually getting when they purchase a home, and helping protect their ownership after closing.

Agents: these are the kinds of title issues your homeowners should understand before they close.

07/29/2026

Realtors looking for business, do this: 🏡

Stop pitching real estate at every mixer. Go to the ones that have nothing to do with your industry: Chamber of Commerce, attorney mixers, CPA mixers, wealth management events.

Ask people about THEIR business. Everyone loves talking about themselves, so let them. Be interested, and you become interesting.

Leave with a name, a coffee date, or a lunch on the calendar. That's a B2B relationship you didn't have yesterday. ☕📈

07/21/2026

The best lead generation strategy isn't always another ad campaign.

Sometimes it's simply becoming known in your community.

One of the best examples I've seen: Haylie's mom moved to a town where she knew absolutely nobody. Instead of waiting for referrals, she joined the Rotary Club, volunteered at the local visitor center, and got involved with the Chamber of Commerce.

Not only did it help her build genuine relationships, it forced her to become the local expert on the market.

The result? A steady stream of referrals from local business owners and people moving into the area.

If you're looking to grow your business, ask yourself:
• Where can I consistently show up?
• Who can I serve before asking for business?
• How can I become the obvious local expert?

Relationships compound. The agents and lenders who invest in their communities today are often the ones closing the most deals tomorrow.

07/16/2026

🚨 5 title issues that can delay your closing:

🏡 1. Easement and access issues

If a property doesn't have legal access or has an easement problem, it may require new legal documents, county approvals, or even engineers before the sale can close.

⚖️ 2. Pending lawsuits

If there's an active lawsuit involving the property, the sale may be put on hold until it's resolved through the courts.

💰 3. Hidden liens

Not every lien is attached directly to the property. IRS liens, tax liens, child support, employment liens, and judgments can be tied to the seller personally and may not be discovered until late in the transaction. These can reduce the seller's proceeds or delay closing while they're resolved.

☀️ 4. Solar loans and mortgage forbearance

Outstanding solar financing or COVID-era mortgage forbearance balances often need to be paid off at closing. Getting payoff statements can take weeks, especially if the original company is no longer in business.

📜 5. Probate and ownership issues

If someone listed on title has passed away and the property wasn't placed in a trust, probate may be required before the home can be sold. Verifying ownership early can save weeks or even months of delays.

✅ The good news? Most of these issues can be identified early with a preliminary title report.

The sooner title is opened, the more time everyone has to solve problems before they become deal breakers.

💾 Save this post for your next transaction, and send it to someone buying or selling a home.

07/06/2026

Your website could be booking showings right now. 🤯

We just demoed an AI agent that takes a buyer from "tell me about this listing" all the way to a calendar invite, no agent needed until it's time to show up. Off Zillow. Off Redfin. Straight from your own site.

It talks, texts, and answers questions 24/7. And it doesn't sound like a robot, it sounds like a real conversation.

The future of real estate isn't coming. It's already booking appointments. 📅

06/27/2026

Failure isn't your identity. It's just data. 📊
Babies fall hundreds of times before they walk, and nobody calls them a failure. So why do we do it to ourselves?
Scientists don't take a failed hypothesis personally. They adjust, run the experiment again, and try a different angle. That's it. No identity crisis.
Your business should work the same way:

❌ Email didn't land? → Adjust the wording or timing, try again

❌ Lost the client? → Not a reflection of who you are

❌ Cold prospecting flop? → Beginner's mind. Push through.
Every successful business owner has a graveyard of failed attempts behind their win. The difference? They didn't personalize it — they just kept adjusting.
Stop asking "what does this say about me?"

Start asking "what's the next adjustment?"
📌 Save this for the next time failure feels personal.

06/09/2026

Most agents are planting seeds but never harvesting the crop.

You sent the postcard.
You dropped the voicemail.
You sent the email.
You knocked the doors.

Now make the call.

The money isn't in the marketing. It's in the follow-up.

Stop hoping people call you back. Reach out and ask:
"Just wanted to make sure you received the information we sent about the home coming to market."

The agents who consistently follow up are the ones getting the listings, referrals, and buyers.

Do the work. Then work the follow-up.

What's your favorite neighborhood marketing strategy right now?

05/29/2026

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