A “hiatus” in land-title-speak is where there’s a gap between two pieces of property that’s not meant to be there .  Often I talk about...

Pistols at dawn was a much faster way of settling property disputes—a lot less paperwork.  Forget the title search, who needs a survey,...

Federal Bankruptcy Court in Jacksonville says that if you are the Trustee of a Trust that you are also the Beneficiary of , it’s like you...

It’s very expensive to be completely innocent.  I say that a lot because it’s true a lot .  Your ownership of real estate is only as...

Where do Title Claims come from?  Do they fly in from outer space?  Does the man on the moon make them?  Does the stork bring them?...

Owner’s Title Insurance is like a pre-written alternative ending to avoid misfortune.  The happily-ever-after of home ownership should be...

Make sure to get title insurance enough to cover the land AND the loan. Newlyweds Bob and Mary were going to build a home on vacant...

It’s one thing to do something; it’s another thing to know WHY you do it.  That’s the difference between a closing company that issues...

A real estate closing is like the icing on the cake of home ownership.  Icing is great, but if you don’t have the cake to go with it, you...

TITLE INSURANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON VACANT LAND is like  icing a layer cake .   Increase your Owner's Title policy to cover at least the...

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, gambling your home purchase by NOT purchasing Title Insurance is a risky venture.   If you haven’t noticed,...

I said a bad word on the radio—“Quit Claim Deed.”  Don’t say that in front of your mother or write it on the bathroom wall! When you...

“Always Get Title Insurance” is my old mantra—it’s more meaningful now than ever. I used to say Title Insurance was like a financial...

Q:  Can I buy title insurance for more than what I paid for the property? A:  You can’t arbitrarily overpay for title insurance,...

If you can afford a house, you cannot not afford to get title insurance.  Does that make any sense?  What I’m trying to say is that no...

Just because you can get a County Permit to change your property in St. Augustine South does not mean those changes are condoned on the...

Gladys Mae knew the art of worry. She worried about her husband’s gallbladder, the price of gasoline, and if clothes on her clothesline...

You reap what you sow—it doesn’t always work that way. The Golden Rule gets bent around those who have the gold and want to make the...

Owner’s Title Insurance is like a pre-written alternative ending to avoid misfortune. The happily-ever-after of home ownership should be...

Some people are born to live at ease, doing what they please, richer than the bees are in honey…the rest of us have to work for a living....