Current
Escrow 101
All Things Vesting
Escrow Process
Closing
100

They own NST

Who is Lynn Wardley and Jeff Sommers

100

This is required to "Open" escrow

What is the purchase agreement & any counters or addendums

(Include all BBA's!)

100

This is how to vest when you want to avoid probate

What is Joint Tenancy or Community Property with Rights of Survivorship

100

These are required to order a payoff demand

What is the Loan # and the SS # of the primary Borrower

100

Evidence of a person's right, or the extent of his interest, in a property

What is Title

200

This is how many offices NST has currently

What is 4

200

This document will be sent to both agents and a copy should then be provided to both clients to review within the first 10 days after opening escrow and shows any liens or issues with the property title

What is the preliminary title report

200

This is required to transfer property to or from a Trust

What is the Declaration of Trust

200

This is the document recorded at closing to secure a new loan against the property

What is a Deed of Trust

200

This is a charge or levy placed on a property

What is an Assessment

300

This is a benefit for a person or entity purchasing or selling 3 properties in 12 months within Clark County

What is an Investor Rate

300

This document is the only one in a typical opening package (that you receive from escrow) that needs to be edited or signed by anyone 

What is the commission instructions

Signed by Matt with your BAC fee written on there

300

This is the document recorded at closing to transfer the property to the new owner

What is the Grant, Bargain, Sale Deed

300

This is the document recorded to remove and release a Deed of Trust from a property

What is a Reconveyance

300

This is a written declaration by a person executing a document

What is a Notary Acknowledgement

400

This is the percentage discounted off of the escrow fees offered to clients using the NST Preferred Program

What is 20%

400

Adjustments made to ensure each party bears the responsibility for property maintenance expenses only during the actual period of ownership

What are Prorations

400

This is what is recorded to remove a spouse's interest at closing

What is a Quitclaim Deed (or Grant, Bargain, Sale Deed)

400

This is a detailed explanation that identifies the particular parameters of a piece of Real Estate

What is the Legal Description

400

This term refers to a sequence of ownership records

What is Chain of Title

500

These are something the Escrow holder cannot act without

What are mutually signed instructions

500

This escrow product allows a Buyer, usually an investor, to save on their closing costs when they sell a property if they use the same title company to purchase and sell it within a certain time frame

What is a Binder (comes with a fee at closing of the purchase, save money on the sale)

500

This is a legal document that automatically transfers ownership to a designated beneficiary upon death of the property owner without going through probate.

What is a Deed Upon Death or (TOD) transfer on death

500

This is charged at a rate of $5.10 per thousand by the County to transfer property

What is Real Property Transfer Tax

500

This Federal Law requires that a buyer must confirm the seller is not a foreign person, or withhold from the Seller's proceeds of the sale a sum equal to 15% of the total consideration to the Internal Revenue Service

What is FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act)