Wendi Milinkov's (wmilinkov) Blog

Until recently, title companies along the front range (Denver, Colorado Springs, Loveland and Fort Collins) did not charge for ownership and encumbrance reports or "to be determined" title commitments. It was just not done. As of May 1, 2010, this has changed. The Colorado Division of Insurance c...

I'm beginning the fun venture of doing my first FAN PAGE, called SouthJeffco Fan Page on Facebook! I'm an active member in the community, and I'd like folks to know that we have other claims to fame other than what happened at Columbine High School and Deer Creek. Our community is a GREAT place t...

Recently, in 2009, Title America became Ticor Title of Colorado. Although it's been about six months since the change, we are still finding areas where customers cannot find our company information. Changing to a large national title company has been a great asset to our small company. We have ne...

Most Highlands Ranch title companies are located within one building in Highlands Ranch, Colorado that we fondly call "Title Town." I worked in "Title Town" myself (also known as the Shea Buildings) for 10 years  for a couple of different companies. While a Highlands Ranch location for closing ma...

I sponsored a class today at the South Metro Denver Realtor Association board on Real Estate Auctions. I have to say, I was very impressed by the four hours on content. We are seeing a trend in our marketplace of real estate auctions, not just from the Banks/REO companies, but from real estate of...

For those outside of our community, the word "Columbine" brings to mind a shooting tragedy that happened in Littleton, Colorado so many years ago.  To those of us who live here in southwest Littleton, smack up to the mountains, the word "Columbine" means a great school with wonderful kids, a stro...

Quit claim deeds have so many consequences if not done correctly. Yesterday, I had two such situations that customers brought to my attention. In one case, there were 7 quit claim deeds prepared, all signed by agents with power of attorney that didn't appear to have the right to do so (another pe...

I know customs for ownership and encumbrance reports and "to be determined" title commitments vary from state to state, but I'm curious how many states actually charge for the services provided? The Colorado Division of Insurance recently has proposed changes to the title company rule 3.5.1 regul...

What is the value of single property web sites to the consumer? Is this a valuable marketing tool for a Realtor? I've recently been in training for a tool my company offers for single property sites to our real estate market. They haven't been that 'big' yet in Colorado, but they seem to be in ot...

No matter what area of our business you are in, real estate, escrow, title or mortgages, working with a great team is so important. I've been a sales person for over a decade and have worked with many different types of sales people. I'll summarize a few here. The "Old Dog"-Old dogs don't like ne...