Do it yourself Title Searches

[Jose Diaz]

Hello everyone. I was wondering how possible it is for an individual to do a title search on a property as good as a title company can. If not, what specifically allows a title company to have a more in depth search than an individual?

Thanks

Jose

[Wayne Brooks]

You can do a prelim yourself, if you know what you're doing...but get a real title search before committing any real money.  I'm pretty competent at it, but will always get a real title search.  Example, do you know how to find that mortgage, or judgment, that has a typo in the spelling of the owner's name?  It's still valid, but you won't find it searching by the owner's name.  But, it'd probably only be a $100k mistake.