A New Look and Delivery Method for the GNG Newsletter
The Good Neighbor Gazette Newsletter has been one of our downloadable marketing tools for years now. It’s a simple two-page monthly newsletter with interesting information about home, family, real estate, food and a little technology thrown in for spice. It takes just a minute to customize it with your name & branding and it’s a […]
What is a QR Code and How Can I Use it in My Marketing?
QR Code (QR stands for Quick Response) is a type of bar code that was invented by Toyota’s Denso corporation back in the 90’s so they’re not quite the newest thing. However, QR Codes are a new thing you’ll find on some of our printed materials and I’m excited about that! Why? Because QR codes […]
What is an Easement and Why Should I Care?
You’re out shopping for property and may have just found your dream home when your Realtor® informs you that “the driveway easement to the street runs over the neighbor’s property over there.” Great! Huh? Is that a problem or what? In this case it’s not a problem at all. The copy of the title report […]
Donation Matching & Food for Pictures… Get more mileage out of your donation!
Our Ticor Gives Back campaign is in full swing with our staff rallying to fill the boxes in each branch and our giving spirits are high. On Monday alone, our Renton branch filled 11 boxes (200 food items). And the emails back and forth on our team are so positive and full of gratitude as […]
Achieving Higher & Greener Standards in Real Estate
Q: Is there an organization working on standardizing and streamlining the property records & transaction process in the United States so that we can have more efficient and greener real estate transactions in the future? A: Why yes! In fact PRIA (Property Records Industry Association) is devoted to working on such things! And we have […]
Ticor Gives Back – and has a little fun in the process
This week kicks off our “Ticor Gives Back” initiative. We’ve formed a committee, done our homework on local organizations, printed up fliers, and rallied our staff with a little incentive to give a little extra this year. And sure enough, the announcement to the sales team that we were having a community support-drive spurred on […]
Is someone using my photos without permission? Find out who!
Is someone using my photo without permission? Have you ever wondered this? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a quick tool for finding out? Tineye.com can help! Tineye is a reverse image lookup tool (and it’s free). What does that mean? Basically, you can show tineye your photo and it will show you where it […]
Why do I need Title Insurance? The Tale of the old Utility Agreement…
Why do we need title insurance? Let us count the ways… Below is a scenario that came about in an older, well established neighborhood with a rich history of utility technologies (i.e. a variety of plumbing and utility technologies from the last 80 or so years). Needless to say, in this case a title issue arose […]
Ticor Pocket Profile App – Property Profiles on the go
Hello iPhone-toting Real Estate professionals! Have you ever wished that you could look up a property profile from your iPhone or iPad? Well hot off the press is the new Ticor Title Pocket Profile app that provides property profile information and more. Here’s a full list of information available via the App: Property Profile – […]
See you in the Harbor, Part II – Gig Harbor Escrow Team Goes All In!
Well, since Jannae Mitton Jolibois went to great lengths to make a splash when she Joined the team at Ticor in Gig Harbor, the bar has been set pretty high. So naturally when it came time for us to announce our new and spacious Escrow location in Gig Harbor, we decided to continue with our […]