Experienced Commercial Title Searcher - TX

Who You Are

You're ambitious and results-driven with a drive to succeed in this company. You believe in a continuous learning culture to stay relevant and reinvent yourself to deal with lots of moving pieces. You are diligent about deadlines, project milestones, and quality standards—while also staying on top of them as they evolve. You are a do'er who is good at leading, innovating, motivating, growing, developing, evaluating, and communicating, and you are willing to take risks.

What You Will Do

• Analyze chain of title and review preparation of Title Reports
• Ensure completeness of each title search and the correct order of documents attached
• Verify that all pertinent parties to the search were correctly researched and documented
• Review all legal documents, including deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, liens, judgments, settlement agreements, probate proceedings, easements, right-of-ways, and plats/maps
• Ensure all legal documents and court proceedings are summarized correctly and succinctly
• Analyze restrictions and adverse items, and ensure proper annotations, defining their effect and possible hindrance of property sale or usage
• Handle all aspects of the title search via online county information, title plant information, and local abstractor work
• Follow up on all orders returned for corrections and conduct additional reviews prior to finalizing orders
• Search commercial title 5 days a week/8 hrs a day
• Must have the ability to plot legal descriptions for accuracy and completeness

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience in commercial title searches
• Understanding of terminology and documents related to title search, title chain, and property ownership
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, following set quality standards
• Ability to multitask and review multiple orders simultaneously
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, and other Office tools
• Knowledge and proficiency with platting software, such as NetDeedPlotter and Metes&Bounds, are preferred, but not required
• Able to collaborate effectively and work as part of a team
• Able to work under pressure in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment

Who We Are

We are Pippin, a venture-backed real estate tech startup that offers nationwide, comprehensive, high-quality, technology-driven title search services to clients across the US. We are bringing title search into the 21st century. Pippin is headquartered in New York City, and we have a remote-first culture, looking to hire the best talent wherever they are located across the country.