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Friendship and the Title Company Chosen
 
 
 
It annoys me that a seller's real estate agent believes that he has any right to choose who will abstract title to what he is selling, prepare the title opinion and issue the title insurance guaranty that says what he has sold for his client will come free and clear to the buyer.
 
Although usually unintentional,  nevertheless in my opinion that approach is a very caviler one.
 
After all, the purpose of all of that process is to assure the buyer that what the seller is selling is really his to sell.
 
The guy whose money is going to become at risk belongs to the buyer. 
 
In no case does it belong to either the buyer or the seller's real estate agent.
 
If I'm putting my money on the table, I want someone with great knowledge, wisdom and authority to make certain that the person selling all of what I am buying owns it and has all of the rights to sell it, and that the evidence I get that will say that I own it is thorough and accurate.
 
Consequently, it should be in my sole authority to pick and choose who will assure me that the seller is, in fact, telling the truth.
 
It certainly should ... more

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