Tana Hunt's (tanamarie) Blog

*Austin is ranked the 4th best City in overall standard of living by Expansion Management, June 2006 *Austin ranks 2nd among the Top 10 Best Big Cities in the Country by cnn.money.com, 2006 *Austin ranks as the 3rd Smartest City in the Country by Bizjournals.com, June 2006 *Austin ranks in the To...

A Brief outline of the HUD 1 Statement:    RESPA officially endorses the HUD 1 statement for all transactions: new loans, assumptions, all-cash, owner finance, etc.  The 2 page legal sized document is sure to confuse each and every buyer and seller. (as well as a few other folks, too.)    The fir...

In doing my job as Escrow Officer at Gracy Title Company, using email seems to suit me best.  I know there ARE times when I need to call the agent, buyer, seller or lender.  But for the most part I like to be able to communicate through email.  That way everything is in writing and time tagged, a...

 Shew!  I made it through Friday... Not all of my closings funded but it was pretty stressful.  Actually my job is always stressful but I had this one closing that was scheduled for Friday morning at 9:00... by late Thursday I didn't have any instructions or papers so I told both agents that we w...