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  • 1.  Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-11-2024 16:00

    For those of you who maintain your own title plant, separate from the county records (ie New Mexico requires this), what solution are you using, and do you like it?  Have any of you made the big leap from one software solution to another?  Have any of you successfully used non-title Content Management Systems (i.e. Box.com)?

    I've seen plenty discussion on title/escrow production software (i.e. Softpro, Qualia, ClosingVue, etc), but could not find any forum discussion on software for the actual database of recorded documents.  A brief internet search pulls up things like TitleRun.com, GetPropertySync.com, TitleScan.com (which we're currently using), and TitlePlantSoftware.com.

    I have a title insurance office in Utah, where we do not maintain our own plant, then in 2023 I obtained another office in New Mexico and was introduced to a world where we search using our own independently maintained title plant, not the county records directly.  We're not dissatisfied with our current title plant software, but at the same time I imagine there is a more updated solution out there.



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    Scott Brady
    Territorial Title of Las Vegas
    Las Vegas NM
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  • 2.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-12-2024 09:39

    Oklahoma also requires your own title plant separate from the county records.  We use Canaan Title Solutions.  Ours is not internet based, but I believe that they have a version that is.  We have been on this system since 2021 but had been on a very similar plant software since the late 1990's so there was very little training transition for us.  



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    Melissa Cathey
    Director of Title Insurance
    Bryan County Abstract Company
    Durant OK
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  • 3.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-13-2024 09:13

    Hi Scott,

    We have been using Canaan Title Solutions since 2018 and prior to that we used Ultima, which is very similar.  There is a great deal of flexibility with the fields (Tracts, Parcels, Lots, Blocks, Units) that permit intuitive keying and searching for the user.  We maintain several title plants across three states and have found it to be a good solution.



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    Bobbi Jo Dondelinger
    CIO
    First Dakota Title
    Sioux Falls SD
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  • 4.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-12-2024 10:04
    Edited by Marie Hunter 09-12-2024 10:04

    Idaho also requires a title plant. In my career we went from manually posting the records to a tract book index; to then using Ultima Title Plant to finally switching to AlphaMax3 which is dsipro.com 

    I loved Ultima which I believe Property Sync is very similar to.

    I am not a huge fan of AM3. Although it works fine, searched in a metes and bounds description can be cumbersome and base files that are showing are not easy to decipher what property or parcel they go with. Lot and Block searches are better. 

    My biggest suggestion is that if you do decide to change, have as many of the actual users look at them also. We are a large company and the decision when we switched was not made with input from the actual users. 

    I am sure you will get many suggestions on this board and I cannot wait to hear them also for future use.



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    Marie Hunter ITP, NTP
    Asst Vice President
    Pioneer Title Company of Bannock County
    Pocatello ID
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  • 5.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-17-2024 14:53

    Thank you Marie, I very much agree with getting user input.  In one of my offices, while switching production software I was outvoted, so we went with the option that the staff using it much more than myself wanted.  I only learned to do that after making a previous unilateral decision that did not go as hoped... lesson learned.



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    Scott Brady
    Owner
    Territorial Title of Las Vegas
    Las Vegas NM
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  • 6.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-16-2024 09:41
    Edited by Joey White 09-16-2024 09:41

    Scott,


    I enjoyed visiting with you last week! iiExperts has provided our clients with excellent title plant services and solutions for 40 years. With continued improvements and robust search capabilities, TitlePlant delivers the industry's best accuracy and efficiency. 

    I look forward to more dialogue this week!



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    Chief Marketing Officer
    iiExperts, LLC
    Arlington TX
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  • 7.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 09-17-2024 14:58

    Thanks Joey & everyone else for your responses.  My impression is that:

    1. There are more options for title plant software than I realized via simple internet search.
    2. Implementing non title-specific software for a title plant use has not been successfully done.

    Very insightful, thank you all-



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    Scott Brady
    Owner
    Territorial Title of Las Vegas
    Las Vegas NM
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  • 8.  RE: Title Plant solutions (NOT title/escrow production) - experience and/or recommendations?

    Posted 10-10-2024 19:58

    Scott,

    We're a database company specializing in building easy-to-use title plants for businesses like yours. Currently, we're working with title companies in California and attorneys in Massachusetts, and we'd love to learn more about how we can assist you as well. 

    Feel free to visit our website at https://AccretionDB.com, and we'd be happy to discuss how our services can meet your needs.

    Best regards 

    Yiqi 

    [email protected]



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    Founder/CEO
    Accretion
    San Francisco, CA.
    (720)-225-7668
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