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Dominique Needham, Currently in schooling through agent professor (Agent professor online school )

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Rainmaker
1,052,211
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Breath holding.

Laughing.

Crying.

Threatening.

Exhaling.

It's a thrill ride!

Then drinking! Best part

Jun 10, 2019 05:44 PM
Ambassador
6,393,494
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Exchange of goods and services.

ie, keys for cash.

Jun 10, 2019 04:20 PM
Rainer
417,221
Caroline Gerardo
Licensed in 20 states - Newport Beach, CA
C. G. Barbeau the Loan Lady nmls 324982

Can take an hour or more. Borrowers bring current ID. They sign 100 times if getting a loan. The notary thumbprints them. In wet funding states everything happens on that day -money wired, lender funds, deal records so every number is already reviewed before this day

In dry funding states the Borrower signs in the morning and may run to the bank to wire but it is recorded on following working day. 

Deal is buttoned down done

Jun 10, 2019 04:53 PM
Ambassador
5,230,102
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Everything is signed, sealed & delivered!

Then, we CELEBRATE!

Jun 10, 2019 04:51 PM
Rainmaker
1,231,853
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Pay Day!!!

Jun 10, 2019 04:28 PM
Rainmaker
1,844,301
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

hopefully no assaults, no screaming, lots of paper shuffling.

Jun 10, 2019 04:20 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

The transaction is done, signed, sealed and delivery of check.  A

Jun 10, 2019 03:59 PM
Rainmaker
1,543,823
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Some get paid others get keys!

Jun 10, 2019 10:39 PM
Rainmaker
1,311,397
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Buyers and sellers sign all appropriate paperwork, including deed, loan documents, recording escrow instructions and much more. The lender sends the loan funds. The buyers deposit the rest of their down payment. All of that happens on day 1. On day 2, the deed records, the transaction closes, escrow closes, the property changes hands money is dispersed to the pertinent parties.

Jun 10, 2019 04:54 PM
Rainmaker
644,025
Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
A Tradition of Trust

Settlements are made and transactions closed.

Jun 10, 2019 04:36 PM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Papers pass and the deed is recorded....the commissions are paid after the property closes.... yay

Jun 10, 2019 04:16 PM
Rainmaker
679,404
Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

Alot of great answers.  I will stand will John Juarez answer!

Jun 10, 2019 05:49 PM
Rainmaker
7,836,139
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Hopefully, the settlement takes place. That is when the transaction is completed.

Jun 10, 2019 04:09 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

A property passes from one owner to another.

Jun 11, 2019 04:05 AM
Rainmaker
2,220,654
Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

You have many great answers here.  Good luck with your studies. 

Jun 10, 2019 07:41 PM
Rainmaker
2,390,620
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

The title changes hands Dominique Needham 

Jun 10, 2019 07:03 PM
Rainmaker
1,196,798
Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Lots of paper signing then exchange of keys to smiling shell shocked buyers then PAY DAY

Jun 11, 2019 05:18 AM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Ask your instructor. He is lazy

Jun 11, 2019 04:12 AM
Rainmaker
628,814
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

If everyone signs you get paid!

Jun 10, 2019 07:04 PM
Rainmaker
1,712,676
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I think you are getting ahead of yourself. There are other things to learn first.

Jun 10, 2019 05:54 PM
Rainmaker
1,239,901
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Rotate you photo first.

The owners possess the property after recording. Getting close...

Jun 10, 2019 04:45 PM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Things and understanding get turned 'right side up' in your case or upside down for those who were not well represented.

It really gets exciting when the title agent hands to buyer a check from money from the owner. The owner is livid because the owner thought the PROFESSIONAL FEES paid were to compensate the brokers involved. NOT to pay the buyer!!

HINT: don't allow buyer and seller to close at the same time.

Jun 11, 2019 05:12 AM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

My favoirte day, here in NH the buyer and seller sit at the closing table. All cosing docs are signed, the buyer hands over their funds. The closer goes back and records the sale electrinically. The sale is considered closed and the seller gets their proceedsand the buyer gets the keys

Jun 11, 2019 05:02 AM
Rainmaker
2,241,053
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Sometimes the buyer has kids on board climbing the wall of legal book shelves and had one with house keys stuck in an electrical outlet that blew the circuit. More than slide the check this direction happens at a real estate closing.

Jun 11, 2019 04:33 AM
Rainmaker
851,242
Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Lots and lots of signatures and hopefully, lots and lots of smiles. 

Jun 11, 2019 04:31 AM
Rainmaker
1,197,152
Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

Documents are signed and funds are transferred.

Jun 11, 2019 03:27 AM
Rainmaker
4,882,355
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Sellers signs some papers.  If there is a loan the buyer signs more papers.  The agents sit there and drink a free coke or a cup of coffee.  If all is in order funds are released.  Agents get paid.

Jun 11, 2019 02:40 AM
Rainer
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Dominique Needham
Agent professor online school - Taylorsville, UT
Currently in schooling through agent professor

Thank you everyone!

Jun 10, 2019 08:52 PM
Rainmaker
1,598,452
Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

I am with Ron and Alexandra Seigel 

Jun 10, 2019 08:45 PM
Rainmaker
5,868,554
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Bueyrs get keys, sellers get money! 

Jun 25, 2019 04:08 PM
Ambassador
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

It might be worth you while to go into a local real estate office and ask some professionals these questions... face-to-face.  You're far less likely to get glib and sarcastic responses.

Jun 12, 2019 10:10 AM
Rainmaker
911,338
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Fights, yelling, screaming, attempst to extort $, etc. you should ask " What is suppose to happen at a settlement or closing?

Jun 11, 2019 03:30 PM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

We don't have settlements here.  Escrow handles it all, buyer and seller never meet and title records the deed.

Jun 11, 2019 10:59 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I wish you all the best with your real estate studies.

Jun 11, 2019 08:03 AM
Rainmaker
716,049
Richard Bazinet /MBA, CRS, ABR
West USA Realty - Scottsdale, AZ
Phoenix Scottsdale. Sellers, Buyers & Relocations

The world goes upside down.

Jun 11, 2019 06:33 AM
Rainmaker
900,128
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Lots of documents are signed - often mortgages, deeds, notes, other exchanges. Buyer gets a house and a loan, seller pays off a mortgage and gets some money out of his home.

Jun 11, 2019 05:47 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,409
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

The deed is exchanged for dough!

Jun 11, 2019 05:21 AM