It seems like only yesterday… In November, 1984, Founder Gail Calhoun left her job as a manager with another title company, that was not the environment one would hope for we will say. Gail had decided to do the job for herself. She opened Hillsborough Title in a small office in Plant City with her...
August 12, 2024, Plant City, FL—Orlando-based Celebration Title Group (CTG) has joined the Florida Agency Network’s (FAN) statewide network of title agencies. Celebration Title Group is a full-service Orlando-based title agency with 15 offices throughout the state of Florida. “This is an amazing opportunity for both FAN and the Celebration Title team,” said FAN CEO...
Aaron was long an active member of his hometown (Plant City, Florida) Noon Rotary Club. In fact, he served as President a few years ago when the club set a goal of making sure all of the cars in the Plant City Police Department were outfitted with automated external defibrillators. The club had become aware...
Check out this great article from Housing Wire where Aaron Davis shares his thoughts about why we’ll only be seeing more affiliated title arrangements being built this year (HINT: Done right, an ABA is a great way to capture additional revenue…under the right conditions.)” Learn More
We’ve been talking a lot lately about building affiliated arrangements, and that’s, in large part, because everyone’s doing the same. And we’ve also mentioned that our own Aaron Davis and Mike LaRosa have been asked by quite a few trade associations and publications to discuss the matter at length. It’s humbling! We’d also be lying...
October and November always seem to be among the busiest seasons of the year, even as “seasonal” sales begin to decline. (Then again, thankfully, there’s not a whole lot of “seasonality” here in Florida!). You’ve probably seen that our own Aaron Davis and Mike LaRosa have been busy sharing their thoughts with a number of...
With Order Volume Down, Successful Title Businesses Collaborating With Other Agents in Many Ways to Maintain Revenue FOR MANY SETTLEMENT SERVICES BUSINESSES, 2023 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR. Although there will certainly be a rebound at some point, the most successful firms and owners have rolled out several new strategies to bolster revenue until then....
FAN and Closingsuite.com Founder and CEO Aaron Davis and COO Mike LaRosa were approached recently by RESPA News for their thoughts on building a successful JV or ABA title operation. You can see the full articles here (subscription required). As we’ve been saying, affiliated businesses are the hot topic right now. In a soft market,...
This piece originally appeared in the June 2023 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. It took longer than expected to gain traction, but there is little doubt that digital closings are on the way to becoming the preferred form of settlement for the majority of mortgage lenders. Although many felt the pandemic-fueled boost to the remote online notarization...
Although it’s been a choppy year thus far, spring never fails to bring some life back to just about any market. This year, as order counts start to rise, will be a little different than the past few. If anything, while there will be opportunities out there, there will be competition—fierce competition—for those opportunities. A...
