Commercial Title Assistant

First American•Nashville, TN

About The Position

As a member of First American's family of companies, National Commercial Services provides single-point service for simple to multi-property/multi-state national commercial real estate transactions. First American is looking to add a Commercial Title Assistant to their growing team in Nashville. This role enables you to dive into your love of history and research to help provide important data to teams and customers in the commercial real estate space. You will work in a dynamic, fast-paced setting supporting the Commercial Title team in a wide range of duties including creating and maintaining title files and documenting and recording all research. This position administratively supports timely escrow closings and title recordings for transactions ranging from single site to high-liability multi-site commercial real estate transactions. You will play a key role in coordinating the resolution and completion of the commercial title process.

Requirements

Passion for helping customers while maintaining a professional and positive attitude
Excellent verbal and written communication with both our internal team and external customers
Problem solver who has strong organizational skills, is detail oriented, with an eagerness to learn
Natural curiosity, enjoys researching the history and background of transactions
Thrives in contributing to a team where we come together to deliver beyond customer expectations
Knowledge of MS Office suite and ability to quickly adapt to new software applications and technologies
High school diploma or equivalent

Nice To Haves

2+ years of commercial title related experience preferred

Responsibilities

Support the closing process of commercial real estate transactions by assisting with administering escrow accounts, making deposits, issuing checks, building, and disbursing wires, preparing invoices, routing title comments and underwriting requests, ordering title and tax updates, assembling and calculating pricing information, recording fees and transfer tax information
Search, examine, and interpret commercial real estate documents
Audit calculations and legal documents for accuracy
Communicate recording information and prepare legal property documents such as endorsements and supplementals
Conduct title research to compile chain of title
Create title files and prepare endorsements and supplemental documents