Title Secrets & Cures: A Field Guide to Solving Real Estate Title Problems: Proven Methods to Identify, Cure, and Prevent Title Defects in Modern Real ... (Title & Closing Professional Field Guides)

What does the record establish, and what still needs an answer?

A missed release, conflicting legal description, uncertain heirship, or unexplained ownership change can alter a real estate closing. Title Secrets & Cures helps readers organize the evidence, interpret commitment items, and ask focused questions before choosing a proposed cure.

James K. Quigg brings his title officer and escrow officer perspective to practical discussions of ownership records, documents, and transaction decisions.

Inside this field guide:

Read chains of title and separate ownership evidence from unsupported assumptions. Identify requirements and exceptions in the actual commitment form, including the Texas T-7 schedules. Investigate releases, legal descriptions, easements, inheritance, divorce, and disputed documents. Use illustrative cases, comparison tables, and research questions to organize the next action. Understand policy limitations, claims, and the role of digital research tools. The revised print layout uses readable 12-point body type, an updated contents section, and source notes for identified corrections. Intended for title and escrow teams, real estate investors, agents, and readers who want a clearer view of the closing file.

Educational information only. The actual documents, applicable law, and file-specific professional review control; a checklist is not a clearance to close.