Tips For Completing a Timely Escrow

I receive this interesting little newsletter each month about Los Angeles Escrow dealings and found these top tips to completing a timely escrow very helpful and wanted to share with you since I know many of you are in real estate as well.

Top 10 reasons for pulled recordings:

• Sloppy handwriting on the document.
• Used black ink instead of blue.
• Tax Rate Area/APN numbers aren’t on the deeds.
• No return address!
• Didn’t set up the files for recording ahead of time, delaying the actual recording.
• Incorrect document stamps and names on grant deed
• Transfer tax affidavit incomplete.
• Illegible Notary seals
• Ink on documents is too light to scan
• Distorted documents have faded lines