Foreclosure Title Reviewer

Overview

Full-time position with the organization seeking Title Reviewers for states within its legal footprint.

Candidates must highlight specific experience and live in South Carolina.

This role involves title review and title curative work in default operations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze title documents and legal descriptions of the property.
• Navigate and research online county records.
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Compose professional communications regarding title issues (including concise communication through a client case management platform).
• Critically think through complex title issues.
• Examine and/or compare county Tax/GIS maps, liens, judgments, leases, deeds, agreements, security instruments, contracts, surveys, and plat books to confirm accurate legal descriptions and ownership.
• Review probate documents for chain of title accuracy and confirm all interests are accounted for (testate/intestate succession).
• Identify and input all parties requiring notice of foreclosure (non-judicial or judicial) into a case management platform.
• Identify title defects and formulate curative solutions.
• Review gap/updated title reports with supporting documentation and confirm all parties were included in foreclosure proceedings.
• Identify mobile homes and understand how to de-title them appropriately for government conveyance.
• Locate obituaries online and perform skip tracing for heirs identified.
• Communicate with tax offices, 911 addressing offices, probate offices, deed record offices, and similar entities to obtain needed information.
• Maintain daily production levels.

Requirements

• Experience analyzing title documents and legal descriptions of the property.
• Experience navigating and researching online county records.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize, and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented, with a strong desire to succeed.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and listening).
• Ability to compose professional email communications and concisely communicate title issues within a client case management platform.
• Ability to critically think about complex title issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of title review experience required.
• Experience with the scope of foreclosure and how it directly relates to title.
• Ability to input and/or verify a significant amount of data entry with a high level of accuracy.
• Comfort applying decisive judgment with minimal supervision.
• Comfort examining and/or comparing county records and documents to confirm accurate legal descriptions and ownership.
• Comfort reviewing probate documents within the chain of title.
• Proficiency explaining chain of title issues, priority issues, statute of limitations issues, missing assignments, legal description issues, and related matters clearly and concisely to clients.
• Familiarity with foreclosure servicing platforms such as Black Knight and Tempo.
• Proficiency in locating obituaries online and skip tracing heirs.
• Comfortable maintaining production levels on a daily basis.
• Notary experience, or willingness to become a notary.
• Excellent customer service skills and professional communication with attorneys, co-workers, and clients.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Technologically proficient with MS Office Suite—specifically MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS Excel—along with other electronic databases (including adding/deleting rows and columns, sorting/filtering, searching within a workbook, and basic formatting).
• Proficiency operating in a digital document environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• A competitive benefits package.
• Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Location

• South Carolina (candidates must live in South Carolina).