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Title : Real Estate Paralegal

Location : Florida - Fort Lauderdale
Refer to Job # JJME698576

Real Estate Paralegal Duties: Collects, analyzes, organizes and maintains factual information and documents in accordance with correct legal practice and procedure. Draft relevant to the purchase or development of residential and commercial real estate transactions, including: Purchase and sales contracts; Seller s Documents (including deed, bill of sale, affidavits, company resolutions);) Purchaser documents (including promissory note, mortgage, closing documents); Loan Documents for Financial Institutions (including note, mortgage, assignment of leases, closing statements). Review of title, review of surveys, preparation of title commitments and policies, estoppel letters, payoffs pre and post closing matters; order all appropriate lien searches and review same. Prepare closing statements and loan packages. Complete Due Diligence activities, ability to process files from contract to closing and post-closing. Prepare, calendar and monitor contract critical dates. Prepare a title commitment and satisfy Schedule B-I title conditions and review Schedule B-II title exceptions. Interact with underwriter to remove title exceptions when necessary. Work with loan closing specialists in preparing loan closing statements and completing other requirements needed for loan closing. Must have a knowledge of state and federal laws and their relationship to real estate matters. Must have understanding of different types of residential purchase / sale contracts such as FAR and FAR/BAR contracts. Must have understanding of commercial purchase and sale contracts and be able to prepare a timeline for same and monitor contract as to said items. Must have an understanding of commercial leases. Must have knowledge of title insurance regulations. Must have ability to review and interpret title exceptions. Must have ability to review B-I title conditions and B-II exceptions to title to satisfy conditions and to determine whether the B-II title exceptions encumber the property. Must have ability to prepare title commitment in our system. Must have ability to review surveys and point out encroachments or violations. Must have an expertise in ordering and review title in both residential and commercial transactions. REQUIREMENTS: High school or college degree with extensive real estate job experience. An undergraduate degree and 3+ years experience working as a legal assistant, or shall possess a high school diploma plus formal and extensive training as a paralegal. In addition, the candidate for this position shall have 5+ years experience working in the real estate law section of a mid-size or large law firm. Must have ability to process a volume of various types of real estate purchase and sale files and loan files simultaneously. Multitasking abilities are required. Strong organizational skills is a must. Must have the ability to keep up to date reports on each file indicating status of file and what is pending. Must have thorough knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations relating to real estate law, conveying property, title and surveying, condominium and homeowner s association laws. Must have strong computer skills and have the ability to use outlook calendar system and Landtech real estate software.

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