Jennifer's Real Estate Title Insurance Blog

Title insurance is an insurance policy for real property owners. From vacant lots in Cape Coral to waterfront property to the home across the street in Fort Myers. Most real estate experts know that you should purchase a title insurance policy, even though you may never need to make a title insu...

    If you’re planning to sell your home, you will likely want to make the most of your time and extra cash.  As a seller with a tight time line (and budget), you’ll want concentrate on these 2 rooms first. The two most closely inspected rooms of a house are the master bathroom and the kitchen. T...

Having the title agency double as your escrow agent is a very popular service that many Cape Coral For Sale by Owner homebuyers and sellers take advantage of.  When the agency acts as escrow agent, they are authorized to handle funds related to the sale and ensure no funds change hands until the...

Steps to Closing Your Real Estate  Transaction Smoothly   As anyone who has ever been a part of a real estate transaction knows, it can be a long and tiring process.  Now after all the negotiating and inspections, you are finally ready for closing and the hard part is over, right?  Well, maybe no...

Things to Consider when Refinancing   Factor in all closings and any penalties for prepayment – When deciding to refinance, most people look at the rate comparison only.  However, you should also look at the cost of refinancing and see if the rate gap is going to be enough cover other costs assoc...

Good Tips for Property Videos   With today’s buyers in the real estate market being hip to all the new technology, taking property videos can be a big help when selling a listing.  The majority of home buyers start their home search online.  This means having a video of the property instead of ju...

How To Keep Your Home Safe This Summer   With school out for the summer, it’s easy to become more laid back with your approach to securing your house.  A lot of families have the kids coming and going in and out of the house all summer long with various activities, while other families see the su...

When visiting an open house, most people like to run straight to the master bedroom and bath, and then to the kitchen.  Their focus is on the most obvious things when they should be thinking about all the small details.  Here is a list of things most people overlook while visiting an open house: ...

With the recent housing market crash that we are still recovering from, banks and lenders have had to become more selective with how they lend money and to whom they lend it to these days.  The days of not having a down payment are all but over.  So what do you do if you don’t have that 20% down...

Key Factors in Choosing a FSBO Company over a Realtor   1.)     They can’t put your home on the MLS.  The multiple listing services were created specifically for realtors by realtors.  No one can put a listing on a MLS unless they are a realtor and part of their local real estate association.  So...