What Is Title Insurance and Why Am I Paying For It?

What is title insurance and why am I paying for it?  This is a question that is asked a lot at the closing table.  The easiest way to explain why you might need title insurance is to give you an example of what CAN happen.   
Let’s take a look at Jane and Jason (fictional).  They’ve lived [...]

Grand Rapids Resource Group

 
Front Row

Dawn Wilder
Ace Inspections

Heidi Herbruck
Simply Staged, LLC
Middle Row

Jon Potvin
First Horizons Home Loans 

Steve Volkers
Keller Williams Realty

Back Row

Scott Wilder
Ace Inspections

Aaron D. DeVos, CMFC
Waddell & Reed, Inc.

David  Gregwer
Farmers Insurance

MJ Knauss 
 Sun Title

How Title Insurance Works on Foreclosed Properties.

There is a lot of media attention lately to purchasing foreclosed properties.  This can be a great way of purchasing more home for your money.  From a title insurance viewpoint, this transaction is only slightly more complicated.   

As a title company, we always insure to buyers and sellers that there are no outstanding liens on [...]

Grand Rapids Resource Welcomes it’s Newest Contributor, MJ Knauss with Sun Title Agency!

Hello – my name is MJ Knauss and I am a marketer/closer for Sun Title Agency.  I have been in the title industry for eight years, the past two with Sun Title Agency.  It is a privilege and a pleasure for me to work with a company as innovative and original as Sun Title Agency.  [...]