First Commercial Title is a National Title Insurance Agency operating with strategic partners to provide nationwide coverage to its clients. First Commercial handles real estate transactions nationwide for both regional and national mortgage bankers, mortgage lenders, national and regional banks, real estate agents, city, county and state governments.
Services
First Commercial Title provides a one stop shop for real estate transactions, including but not limited to, refinances, purchases, foreclosures, reverse mortgages, right-of-way acquisitions, and commercial. First Commercial handles the transaction from initial order placement through final policy issuance including all recording and escrow functions.
Areas of Expertise
- Title Examination
- Title Curative and Clearance
- National Closing Network
- National Recording
- 72 Hour Turn Time for Title
- Document Preparation
- Web Access processing
- Right of Way Acquisitions
- Tax Certification
- Reverse Mortgages/Refinances/Purchases
- Commercial Property
Executive Staff
First Commercial Title employs a professional staff skilled in all phases of the closing process:
Debby Moore is a seasoned commercial closer with over 26 years of experience. The individual size of the deals she has closed has exceeded over $100 million many times. So she is well-versed in closing large transactions.
Bill Woodall is a fee attorney and he has been in the title business for over 30 years. He is also CEO of Title Partners, First Commercial’s sister company.
John Mitchell is a CPA with a 8 years experience in the title business as owner and CEO. Overall, John has 30+ years experience as an entrepreneur and is currently on the faculty at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Deborah Shera is an attorney as well as a commercial escrow officer specializing in commercial transactions.
Kristen Ridgeway is a seasoned commercial escrow officer with extensive experience in closing large commercial transactions.
Education and Training
First Commercial maintains an internal training program for its staff in order to stay up to date on the trends and legislative issues that affect the mortgage and title insurance industries. In addition to internal training all employees complete the required continuing education for the states in which First Commercial is licensed.
