Seamless Transactions. Exceptional Customer Care.
With over 30 years of Title, Banking and Real Estate experience in Southwest Florida, we know the title industry inside and out.
We are methodical in our work and are committed to giving the best service to every customer, no matter the size of the premium.
We have assembled our team to ensure your home's sale (or purchase) and closing is as easy to navigate and uncomplicated as possible.
Our philosophy is that if you treat everyone with respect, it will return on you ten-fold, therefore materializing in repeat customers and referrals.
Whether you’re new to the region, buying your first home or upgrading to your new home across the street, we know that comes with a lot of questions and service needs.
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A. Once you have completed your negotiations and have a signed contract, it gets sent to the title company by the realtors. Title will request contact information for both the buyers and the sellers.
B. The title search is ordered within 24 business hours of receiving the contract. This usually takes 5-7 days to obtain.
A. Once title receives your contract, escrow options will be sent to the buyers. Depending on your contract, you will have 3 – 5 days (normal) to get your deposit into the title company. Once this is received, all parties are notified via email.
B. PLEASE UNDERSTAND TO NEVER SEND A WIRE TRANSFER WITHOUT VERIFYING WITH OUR DIRECT OFFICE PRIOR TO SENDING. Our Wire
Instructions Will Not Change during your transaction!
C. Once escrow is received, Title will send out a welcome email to both buyers and sellers requesting information from both parties. This information is required to properly process your file and get it ready for closing.
D. We will require your photo ID, as well as marital status for all parties, in order to verify ownership and how the property is to be transferred.
A. Once the Title search is received, that begins the processing stage.
B. In processing your file, the information obtained in step two will be used to order payoffs, contact the lender to supply them with loan title work, HOA estoppels and utility estoppels are ordered. Also, if the seller does not have a current survey, one will be ordered on all loan files, should you want a survey on a cash file, please notify your processor as soon as possible, as survey’s take 5-10 days (possibly longer during rainy season).
A.Once all items are obtained from the processing portion of the file, it is sent to closing. Your closing officer will review all the title work again, make sure all
items required to issue clean title have been obtained.
B.Your closing officer will coordinate closing with you, as well as with the lender. They will make sure they figures are accurate and your Title Closing Officer will give you your final figure to wire – remember, our wire instructions will not
change during your transaction and ALWAYS CALL OUR OFFICE PRIOR TO
SENDING THE WIRE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MATCHES!
C.You will come into the office (or a mobile notary can be arranged if you will not be in town, there is an additional fee for a mobile notary, collected at closing) to sign your closing papers. Sellers usually sign a few days ahead of closing, while
buyers, if obtaining a loan, must sign on the actual closing date.
A.After signing, all documents will be scanned and emailed to the proper parties.
B.Funds will be disbursed as stated on the settlement statement.
C.Your recorded documents will be emailed to you once received back from
recording and your Owners Policy of Title Insurance will be sent to you, this
process usually takes about 30 days.
Discover what our satisfied clients have to say about their experiences with 5 Star Title Group, Inc.
5 Star Title will always be a trusted source for my clients. The whole team is well communicative and amazing at problem solving when it comes to difficult scenarios. I absolutely love the family atmosphere and will always recommend my clients to 5 Star Title. Thank you for always taking great care of our clients. 🙂
Mortgage Loan Advisor
Excellent operation, we did everything online. And they were very respectful and ensured that we had our documents. They would call us beforehand to ensure that the documents were going to be received. At the time of the closing, they ensure that we were sending our documents and money to the correct place because there has been some fraud in the Ft Myers Area. If I were to sell a home, I would go thru 5 STAR Title.
Homebuyer
Excellent job during closings. Kirsten made everything fast and easy to follow.
repeat client
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