Real Estate Paralegal
Location: Portland, ORPosted On: 08/18/2022
Requirement Code: 60284
Requirement Detail
Real Estate Paralegal
Staffing Technologies has partnered with a National Law firm in their search for a Real Estate Paralegal. This respected, prestigious, and collaborative firm has a robust history within the Pacific Northwest and is recognized as one of the largest national firms focused on energy, natural resources, climate change and the environment. This position will offer an excellent opportunity for an experienced Real Estate Paralegal to join a top firm in their Real Estate practice.
Founded on a culture of respect and professionalism, the firm strives to provide its employees with opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. With ongoing in-house trainings, team gatherings, and community engagement initiatives, the firm provides an inclusive and engaging work environment that encourages their staff to thrive amongst some of the most intelligent minds in the legal field.
A successful candidate will have:
• Extensive knowledge of real estate and condominium transactions, closings, escrow, title review.
• Ability to review and prepare general correspondence, deeds and property transfer documents, basic loan documents, escrow instructions and settlement statements.
• Ability to review purchase and sale contracts and other real estate documents.
• Ability to review, request, and order real property reports; certificates of existence and entity documents; title insurance; due diligence searches.
• Prior experience recording important dates and maintaining files; organize closing documents; calendar all critical dates and contingencies; prepare and manage closing checklists; coordinate closing with all parties; prepare transfers/affidavits of transferees, closing documents, closing reports, accounts.
• Ability to review contracts and leases for assignment and prepare abstracts for contracts and leases; review title and survey materials for sales and financing transactions and coordinate clearing of title issues, issuance of policies and determining appropriate title endorsements.
• Experience preparing corporate authorization documents, including authorization of the applicable parties to purchase/sell/borrow.
• Experience conducting public record searches of parties, including judgment, tax liens, and UCC filings.
• Experience obtaining closing figures from the lender and prorate amounts for real and property taxes, utilities, and rent
Your new organization offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and paid time off