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...
Aaron Davis is CEO of AMD Enterprises, a conglomerate of title, technology and eClosing ventures that includes Florida Agency Network, ClosingSuite.com, Premier Data Services and Network Transaction Solutions. He is also a frequent speaker at title and mortgage industry conferences and seminars, and often serves as a contributing author or expert source to numerous trade...
The American Land Title Association (ALTA) recently honored FAN’s CEO, Aaron Davis, by appointing him to the Board of its Good Deeds Foundation. ALTA’s Good Deeds Foundation The foundation was launched in 2020 to bolster the charitable efforts of ALTA members. Land title insurance professionals can apply for grants on behalf of recognized 501(c)(3) organizations...
By now, you may have heard about “The Chainsaw Brothers,” our own CEO, Aaron Davis, and his brother Nate. When Hurricane Ian devastated the Port Charlotte community in Florida, they felt compelled to show up, toting 30 new chainsaws, ready to get to work helping others to clear the debris and wreckage. But both Aaron...
There’s no hiding from it at this point. We’ve entered a significant market downturn and the likelihood of recession is high. But, as we’ve said repeatedly, that doesn’t mean the world is ending, either. It’s been a while, but we’ve weathered numerous down cycles in the past. And as far as we’re aware, no economists...
Pull up a chair! It’s time to get cybersecurity aware! October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the crew at Florida Network Agency is on board to share tips that can protect your most important asset…YOU! Freddy McFraudster would like nothing more than for us to sit back and let him have his way with our...
The title insurance industry has been ripe for mergers and acquisitions since the national underwriters began gobbling up smaller underwriters and agents across the country decades ago. After the Great Recession decimated the real estate industry, picking up the pieces in the title insurance industry led to a lot of shifting of assets and territories...
