Fund News and Alerts

-          This behavior may exist due to selecting 'No' to the Document Formatting message and can be common in Schedule B. It may also exist if trying to print or email directly from the Document Selection window. To alleviate this issue, re-open the document to view within DoubleTime, click 'Yes' to the Document Formatting message. If the document is not numbered correctly, please click on Tools | Regenerate Document from the toolbar.   
 
**Please note that any manual document editing done to the standard document will be lost, once using the Regenerate Document tool.  

-          This behavior may exist due to selecting 'No' or 'Yes' to the Document Formatting message. It may also exist if trying to print or email directly from the Document Selection window. The following steps may aid in correcting the formatting discrepancy:
1.       Open the document from the Document Selection window, select 'Yes' to the Document Formatting message box, click on Tools | Regenerate Document from the toolbar, select the custom document from the Regenerate Document – Select Name window and click OK.
2.       If following step 1 above does not correct the formatting, the Custom document may need to be recreated from Preferences | Document Customization. 

-          In DoubleTime 8.0, the default page size is now Letter to accommodate the Closing Disclosure. To save a HUD as Legal size - close DoubleTime, then open ‘Printing Preferences’ for the printer: PDF-Xchange – The Fund PDF and change the Page Size preference in the Paper Settings to US Legal. Re-open DoubleTime, open the HUD-1 or HUD GFE that needs to be saved, then do File | Save-As in the Settlement Statement module. The HUD-1 or HUD GFE will now save as a legal size document. 
 
**If the user is printing the HUD by choosing File | Print, the report will print on Legal size. This issue only pertains to the Save-As feature. 

-          In the Documents module, click on the 'New' button from the Closing Documents Selection window. Choose Affidavits from the Classification drop-down menu. Select the affidavit(s) and click OK. 

-          In the Documents module, highlight the jacket to be emailed and click on the 'eMail' button. Choose the recipient from the Participant list and click on the 'Send' button.

-          In the menu bar, select Preferences | User Settings | General tab. In the section for the 'DoubleTime Save-As Directory', click on the Browse button and choose the default path. 
 

-          For a single contact, select Modules | Contacts and select the specific contact to be exported, then click OK. With the contact open, select File | Export Contacts | Current.  In the 'Save Contact Export List' window, choose the 'Save in:' path, then create a 'File name:' for the exported file and click on 'Save'.
-          For multiple contacts, select Modules | Contacts and select any contact from the list then click OK. With the contact open, select File | Export Contacts | Select Type(s). Check which types of contacts you would like to export and click OK.  In the 'Save Contact Export List' window, choose the 'Save in:' path, then create a 'File name:' for the exported file and click on 'Save'.

By: Gary L. Davis, real estate lawyer in New Port Richey, Florida

My clients purchased a mortgage foreclosure property from the courthouse. After their purchase, the homeowner’s association demanded they pay back assessments that totaled more than $20,000.00. Didn’t they get the property free and clear from the sale?

ALTA is alerting its members to delete a phishing email that appears to come from CEO Michelle Korsmo with the subject line "Case S.I 691/2017: Your Firm's Attention is Required" asking for prompt attention.

By: American Land Title Association, TitleNews Online Archive

Criminals begin the wire fraud process way before the attempted theft occurs. Most often, they begin with a common social engineering technique called phishing. This can take the form of email messages, website forms or phone calls to fraudulently obtain private information. Through seemingly innocuous communication, criminals trick users into inputting their information or clicking a link that allows hackers to steal login and password information.