Presentations
Our presentations are designed to give our clients an advantage in the marketplace. Combined with our experienced presenters, these presentations cover all segments of our business and yours. Below you will find some of the subjects and topics we can cover. We customize your presentation to fit your needs. Contact your local FA sales representative or click here to meet one today and arrange your presentation!
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Title Company
Why First American? Why NorCal? What can First American do for me?
This presentation is designed to point out the benefits of choosing First American Title, exclusive products and services only we offer, and specifically what sets NorCal apart from everyone else.
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Escrow
The Escrow Process
From opening escrow to closing escrow and everything in between.
Advanced Title and/or Escrow
Intermediate course that delves into tough questions and situations taken from real files and transactions.
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Title Insurance
Understanding ALTA Surveys and Express Maps
What do surveys do? How do they do it? What should I be looking for?
Advanced Title and/or Escrow
Intermediate course that delves into tough questions and situations taken from real files and transactions.
Commercial Endorsements
What is an endorsement? What do they do? Can they be modified? Which endorsements are most commonly used and for what purpose? Which are needed?
Commercial Policies
What's covered? What's not covered? All you need to know about a policy of insurance.
Commercial Title Insurance Boot Camp
An introductory course that covers the basics of what a title company is and what the title company can do for the client.
Legal Descriptions (beginner through advanced)
What is a legal description? How many types are there? How do I know if the legal description is good? Can anyone make a description?
Title Insurance 101 - The Basics
Overview of title insurance for beginners.
Understanding Preliminary Reports
This course takes you step by step though a Preliminary Title Report; what a Preliminary report is and what the information within it means to you. This is designed to help you clearly understand each part of the Pre: Vesting (Entity and Ownership Rights), Estate, Exceptions (Taxes, Recorded, requirements & off record matters) and Legal Description. In addition this course also highlights warning signs and what to be on the lookout for.
Understanding Schedule B Documents and Their Affect on Title
What is an easement? CC&R? Agreement? Deed of Trust? Trustee's Deed?
Underwriting Made Simple: Strategies to win over your underwriter
How do you get the underwriter to do what you want, and What are my options? When can I get them to change their mind? When is no yes? I did it before, why can't I get it now?
UCC
What UCC is and how it can benefit your transaction.
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Products
Commercial Endorsements
What is an endorsement? What do they do? Can they be modified? Which endorsements are most commonly used and for what purpose? Which are needed?
Commercial Policies
What's covered? What's not covered? All you need to know about a policy of insurance.
Understanding Preliminary Reports
This course takes you step by step though a Preliminary Title Report; what a Preliminary report is and what the information within it means to you. This is designed to help you clearly understand each part of the Pre: Vesting (Entity and Ownership Rights), Estate, Exceptions (Taxes, Recorded, requirements & off record matters) and Legal Description. In addition this course also highlights warning signs and what to be on the lookout for.
Express Map: How is it beneficial in the transaction? What do you get?
Express Maps is an alternative to having an ALTA Survey completed to satisfy the title requirements. The property is flown and a high-res photograph is taken, then boundaries and easements are overlaid on the photo. This service is faster and much less expensive compared to the Alta Survey.
FastWeb: Why use it? How to use it? What can it do?
FastWeb is our nationwide online property search software that we offer to our clients. It is a fast and powerful tool for looking up the characteristics of individual properties. It also allows you to pull APN maps and Vesting Deeds.
Sales & Comments: Comps with an attitude Market Reports (S&C, Dev Pipeline, Lender & Transaction Stats)
Sales & Comments is a monthly publication produced by the Southern California Region highlighting commercial sales happening in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Jose, San Mateo and San Francisco.
Web Services and Information
As an information provider we offer an array of web services and information tools to help you succeed quickly and efficiently. No business model is the same and we have the ability to tailor our products to fit your needs.
NORCAL Website
Overview of how this website can bring value and save you time and energy.
Names and Numbers
Learn how FA can help your research efforts to find out that important contact information.
First American Due Diligence Services
Learn about surveys, maps, legals, zoning and more.
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Technology
FastWeb: Why use it? How to use it? What can it do?
FFastWeb is our nationwide online property search software that we offer to our clients. It is a fast and powerful tool for looking up the characteristics of individual properties. It also allows you to pull APN maps and Vesting Deeds.
Sales & Comments: Comps with an attitude Market Reports (S&C, Dev Pipeline, Lender & Transaction Stats)
Sales & Comments is a monthly publication produced by the Southern California Region highlighting commercial sales happening in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Jose, San Mateo and San Francisco.
Web Services and Information
As an information provider we offer an array of web services and information tools to help you succeed quickly and efficiently. No business model is the same and we have the ability to tailor our products to fit your needs.
NORCAL Website
Overview of how this website can bring value and save you time and energy.
Names and Numbers
Learn how FA can help your research efforts to find out that important contact information.
First American Due Diligence Services
Learn about surveys, maps, legals, zoning and more.
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Lawyers
Law Firms
Working with Lawyers; products and services, strategies to work better together.
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Brokers
The Escrow Process
From opening escrow to closing escrow and everything in between.
Commercial Title Insurance Boot Camp
An introductory course that covers the basics of what a title company is and what the title company can do for the client.
Names and Numbers
An introductory course that covers the basics of researching owners and obtaining the ever elusive contact information.
Tools and Solutions
Equip your toolkit with the right tools and services to stand out.
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1031 Exchange
1031 Exchanges
Learn the basics about exchanges and why First Exchange should be your authorized intermediary.
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International
International Insurance
Learn about all the countries we can insure in and products we have available for international transactions.

