Residential Quality Control

Pippin Title

5h•Remote

About The Position

Pippin Title is a venture-backed real estate tech startup that offers nationwide, comprehensive, high-quality, technology-driven title search services to clients across the US. We’re bringing title search into the 21st century. Pippin is headquartered in New York City. With a remote-first culture, we look to hire the best talent wherever they are located across the country. We work with title insurance companies, property developers, and financial institutions to quickly and easily produce title documents to make the real estate closing process faster and more efficient. Our proprietary cloud-based software allows our customers to manage their workflows efficiently, saving them time, money, and hassle. Having just closed a recent financing round, we are rapidly scaling our business - and our team! As a Residential Quality Controller, you will work with our search team to produce and review searches and title reports, determine the legal conditions of properties, and ensure the quality of the final product prior to delivery to our clients. You are also be expected to support our Customer Service team on a regular basis by communicating with customers regarding important updates or clarifications, along with receiving and responding to order-related inquiries.

Requirements

1-4 years as a title abstractor/examiner is required including online search experience.
Familiarity with various state guidelines and searching state, city, county, and school property tax jurisdictions online.
Attention to detail in reviewing and entering information and data from source documents resulting in accurate, clear, and professionally formatted title reports.
Proficiency in various MS Office tools such as Word and Excel.
Good judgment related to access to confidential borrower data.
Ability to collaborate effectively and work as part of a team.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment.
Ability to work overtime, as necessary, to support and fulfill client timeline requirements.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with various title search platforms is helpful but not necessary. ( Softpro, Qualia, Datatrace, etc )

Responsibilities

Analyze completed title searches from our internal searching team for accuracy, completeness and adherence to client specific SOP’s.
Examine, analyze, and evaluate documentation such as deeds, mortgages, property taxes, federal and state inheritance/estate taxes, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, easements, restrictions, bankruptcy filings, foreclosures, chancery proceedings, and plats/maps and other records to be read into the title binder or informational report to determine ownership and encumbrances, and to verify legal descriptions of property.
Analyze and understand chain of title, and defects in the chain of title, and prepare reports outlining title-related matters.
Examine title records from outside abstractors and seek additional information from ground abstractors when necessary for complete and proper examination.
Synthesize all title search information and prepare property reports and title commitments.
Strong attention to detail as you read and extract information from the documents, then enter that information into a report or software.
Support our Customer Service team on a regular basis by communicating with customers regarding important updates or clarifications, along with receiving and responding to order-related inquiries.