Time for Taxes

The most difficult time to complete closings is in the month of October, simply because the property tax bill has not yet been sent out.  The 2013 tax bills will officially be out the first of November, 2013, but not payable until March of 2014.  This is a difficult concept for most buyers and sellers to understand.

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Electronic Recording

Recently the Clerk started their E Recording program.  I dutifully set up my account and, just yesterday, finally had the opportunity to try it out.  The process is fairly simple:  Scan the documents you want to record, log into your account on the Clerk’s website, and upload the documents.  Now documents can be recorded immediately after a closing takes place.  The immediate recording can substanitally cut down on the “gap” – the time it takes from completeing the closing to recording the final documents.

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The Bad Review

After being in business for a long period of time, it is inevitable that you will eventually get a bad review.  This is exactly what happened two weeks ago.  So how does a bad someone get to the point of leaving a bad review?  Expectations – and obviously, despite our best efforts, this persons expectations were not meet.

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