Tax Liens: Reasonable Priced Title Policies for Small Land Transactions?

[Elizabeth M.]

In Arizona and having trouble finding reasonably priced title/escrow services for smaller land transactions.  Prices from 6 companies have all been around $450-600 for escrow, $600-700 for title policy, on a $5,000 land transaction.  These are for tax liens where the owners have agreed to sign over the property for some cash, in lieu of going through full foreclosure.  What is everyone else doing for title services?  $250 Title search only, handle the deeds yourself, and no title insurance?  I did a few of these transactions back in 2009, and the prices then where only $130 for escrow and $268 for title.

Thanks