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What is Middleware? (And Why It’s the Unsung Hero of the Real Estate Transaction)
If you look under the hood of the average title agency or lender, you will find a lot of engines. You have a Title Production System (TPS) to drive the closing, a Loan Origination System (LOS) for the lending side, and perhaps dozens of other apps for accounting, contact management, email, and marketing. In fact,…
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The “Swivel Chair” Tax: Calculating the Real Cost of Manual Data Entry
In the title and escrow industry, we talk a lot about “soft costs” – the expenses that don’t show up as a line item on a budget but drain profitability all the same. But there is one cost that is entirely visible if you simply walk through your office: the “Swivel Chair” Tax. It happens…
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Stop the “Stare and Compare”: Why Connectivity is the Cure for Title Fatigue
We’ve all seen it in a title office: the dual-monitor setup. On one screen, the Title Production System (TPS). On the other, real estate documents and multiple portals. Juggling between the two is routine, but it can slow work and increase the chance for mistakes. And in the middle? A highly skilled title professional spending…
