The Ultimate Marketing Checklist For Title Agencies

This is the marketing guide you’ve been waiting for. Marketing your title agency can sometimes feel like a beast. And if you’re trying to market while also managing your day-to-day operations, that beast can become a full-on monster—like the legendary Hydra. If you remember your Greek mythology, the hero Hercules struggled greatly when fighting that creature. Every time he cut …

A New Chapter: Alliant National Joins Forces with Dream Finders Homes to Empower Independent Agents

Alliant National is joining forces with Dream Finders Homes, one of the fastest-growing homebuilders in the country. This is an exciting announcement, and it was only possible because of the support of our agents. I’d like to take this moment to share what this means for our agents, and why we can all look forward to this new chapter together. First and foremost, …

Protect Your Sensitive Data With Client-Side Encryption

As any seasoned title insurance professional will tell you, real estate transactions are complex beasts, requiring different stakeholders to share personal information sometimes across great distances. This presents massive challenges, especially at a time when data breaches seem more common than ever. What can an independent agent do to protect personal and proprietary information? Technologies like client-side encryption (CSE) offer …

A Contract for Deed: Who else may have an interest in the property?

A contract for deed agreement is nothing new. These agreements are between a current owner of the property (the “legal titleholder”) and a person who is interested in purchasing the property from the owner (the “equitable interest holder”) but may not be eligible for traditional financing (or for other reasons), and the owner agrees to finance the transaction. The equitable …

Collaborate With Referral Sources

When we listen, we can detect areas in which to offer help and provide tools. The best, most effective strategies for acquiring and maintaining new business do not depend upon the delivery of pastries or a free lunch. Today, gaining business means searching for and then filling needs, recognizing gaps, appealing to goals, and ultimately providing tools for achieving those …