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So we're gonna talk about
title forensics in this video title forensics the basics of title
searching and some of the analysis that comes in
from investigations this is Dave at
AFX search licensed investigators and also our website titlesearch.com
that gets us into some real estate
title research title forensics is the process of taking a title search which is
two-dimensional
and putting forensics on those records making it a 3d picture of what’s going on with
that property
we look at signatures witnesses on all these documents
the patterns of activity on the real estate also we look at adjacent deeds
meaning that
if a deed was filed on a particular property on a certain day we look to see
what was filed
before and after that deed in the land records because typically that will come
from the same party
when somebody has a batch of real estate documents they bring down all at once
even if there are on different properties if we see the same signatures and witnesses
on multiple properties that might be a red flag that might help with title forensics
we also look at what's called the send to block at the top
every piece of real state there's a block that says when this document’s been
recorded in the land records
send it to here maybe a law firm title company accountant
or to the owner itself that maybe new information not included on the deed
it will be something you don't normally see on a title search a lot of documents also have
margin notes
when the document was sitting in a closing package or sitting on an
attorneys desk may be a little note in the margin
maybe phone numbers maybe account numbers that's something that we’ll look
at that again would not show up on a typical title record
all of what goes into title forensics tells a story
beyond the monochrome facts that you’ll see on a title record
if you have an investigation or a question
or some deeper knowledge you need to find out about that have to do with real
estate
title forensics may be the way to go if you have questions about title forensics
you can reach us at our website at
AFXsearch.com