by Marc A. Zirogiannis
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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BECOMING A TITLE CLOSER. THIS BOOK INCLUDES BASIC MATERIAL, FORMS, AND STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A TITLE CLOSER.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
 WARNING! Read This Book as Your own Risk!, 2007-03-21
For several years, I have been an avid book purchaser on Amazon.com.
This is the first time, that I've had to write a review to WARN
potential readers about the inadequacies of a book!
First of all, the information is geared for NEW YORK Title Closers.
New York methods and laws are constantly referenced throughout
the material. Sample New York documents are shown. Had I known
this, the book would NOT have been purchased!
This VERY IMPORTANT information WAS NOT and IS NOT stated in the
description nor on the book's back cover! VERY MISLEADING!
(Note: Not much forsight and care was taken into the writing and
publishing of this material. Another "error" of the many, which
encompass this product.)
Secondly, it is very poorly written by a supposedly "Critically
Acclaimed" author and real estate professor and "Title Closer".
Examples: Page 13: ". . . most of the major players in the room
will know more about the property and the transaction than the
they will." Page 20: "This indicates that the proof proffered
by the parties is unsatisfactory. . ." Page 45: "Payoff letters
normally consist of several pages in total."
Third, the author gives a two-page "history" of title insurance,
yet, he omits the history of how the position of "Title Closer"
came about. He also does not address the issue that the term
"Title Closer" may also mean "Settlement Agent", "Notary Closer"
or "Loan Signing Agent" in other states. Yet all four positions
may be and are quite often different (depending upon the size of
the company and part of the country the jobs are located)!
Often times, the titles and responsibilities are confused
(especially when completing out-of-state documents and hiring
out-of state independent contractors). Some of the duties and
obligations may be overlapping and very similar in
some respects, yet completely different in other ways.
Escrow Officers too, in other states, may and do perform the
same duties, if not all, as these New York "Title Closers",
depending upon the size of the company.
For those new to the industry, this can be very complexing.
Extra care should have been taken to explain these various
roles and jobs for clarity.
Also, although Title Examiners and/or Title Abstractors are
major players in the title insurance industry, they were not
mentioned in the very limited, two page "history" chapter.
Obviously, not much thought or research was done on the material.
The obvious lack of proofreading (in ALL ways) speaks for itself.
Can you say, "Run on and on and on and on. . .sentences"?
The constant and incorrect use of commas, capital letters and
poor sentence structure, the lack of paragraph indentions on
some pages, and very long gap of spaces throughout other pages
makes for deplorable reading.
I should have known that something was admist, when on the
very first page, the type positioning was Very Much out-of-line!
Seems that a "quick buck" was to be made by this "Critically
Acclaimed" author.
My guess is that one of the author's students, school staff,
friend or family member typed it for him. That it was
not "professionally edited". This is probably a "self-published"
book. Although, there are many, many self-published books which
are excellently written and produced, this isn't one of them.
Even if it is self-published, this book is inexcusable!
Additionally, since the author is obviously a "busy" person
(lecturing and all), not much time was spent in truly researching
the position(other than "personal" experience).
This is the only plausible explanation for the excessive grammar
and punctuation errors, as well as lack of thoroughness, other
than the author just being lazy (and greedy).
Also, where is the index? Glossary?
What about other reference material?
Now, I understand why this book was not set-up to "Look Inside"!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 Good book bad editor, 2007-01-28
This book was excellent in its content. I have done title closing classes by ripoff artists and never received the excellent quality of content as I did with this book. A++ for content. However the book was riddled with grammatical and typographical error and even with some of the numerical charts and examples that were used. Mr. Zirogiannis might want to get a better editor/proofreader for his next edition.
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