5 Star Home Title Theft Protection Process
Our CEO, David Fleck, custom-designed the TitleShield™ system to discourage fraudsters from targeting our clients. Mr. Fleck began his fraud-fighting career in the real estate fraud unit of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. He personally prosecuted home title thieves. Then, in private practice, he filed lawsuits to repair the damage inflicted by home title thieves on his clients. He knows this brand of con artist probably better than almost anybody else in the country.
TitleShield™ prevents title theft
Home title thieves want to commit their crime, launder the money they stole, and cover their tracks before anybody discovers what has happened, and they almost always scope out their target homes before they make their move.
TitleShield™ subscribers receive a sophisticated home security sign that we recommend they prominently display in front of their home. With 85 million homeowners in the United States, con artists have plenty of victims to choose from, and when they see our sign, they are motivated to look for an easier mark.
In addition, we publish a list of our protected homes on our website because we make it as easy as possible for home title thieves to check whether one of their targeted homes is protected by TitleShield™.
The protection provided by TitleShield™ makes it very unlikely that a title thief can complete their crime without being detected, and for this reason, they will avoid our customers’ homes.
TitleShield™ constantly monitors your home title
TitleShield™ accesses comprehensive property data covering 99.9% of U.S. households. We monitor our customers’ title records for any changes to ownership, liens and judgments, bankruptcies, foreclosure activity, property tax delinquencies and more. As soon as any of these items appear in the title records of one of the properties we monitor, we notify our customer.
TitleShield™ constantly monitors your home title
TitleShield™ accesses comprehensive property data covering 99.9% of U.S. households. We monitor our customers’ title records for any changes to ownership, liens and judgments, bankruptcies, foreclosure activity, property tax delinquencies and more. As soon as any of these items appear in the title records of one of the properties we monitor, we notify our customer.
TitleShield™ provides Authoritative Guidance
If a customer receives an alert about a change to their title records,TitleShield™ immediately instructs them about the steps they must take. If the customer knows about and approves of the change, no action is necessary. However, if the customer does not know about the change in ownership, new lien or foreclosure activity, then the customer must take action.
TitleShield™ has a network of attorneys who are available to help
TitleShield™ has a network of attorney, who understand cases of home title theft. They have agreed to provide a free consultation to advise our customers of the steps they need to take. They have also agreed that, when appropriate, they will represent our customers on a contingency fee basis, which means the client would not have to pay attorney’s fees unless and until they win the case. If the case is not suitable for a contingency fee, then the attorneys have agreed to give a 10% discount to customers of TitleShield™
TitleShield™ has a network of attorneys who are available to help
TitleShield™ has a network of attorney, who understand cases of home title theft. They have agreed to provide a free consultation to advise our customers of the steps they need to take. They have also agreed that, when appropriate, they will represent our customers on a contingency fee basis, which means the client would not have to pay attorney’s fees unless and until they win the case. If the case is not suitable for a contingency fee, then the attorneys have agreed to give a 10% discount to customers of TitleShield™
Who It’s For
Anybody who owns a home can be a victim of home title thieves. There are three factors that make a home more appealing to these real estate con artists
Home Equity
The more equity that there is in a home, the more appealing it is to a home title thief because the scam involves fewer steps. Nonetheless, low home equity does not stop the most clever con artists. Our CEO, David Fleck, has personally battled a fraudster, who used fake foreclosures to make it appear that there was 100% equity in a home, and who then proceeded to use additional documents to steal all of the nonexistent equity.
Age of the Homeowner
Older homeowners are more likely to have paid off their mortgages and to have 100% home equity, which looks like a pot of gold to a con artist. Further, as we all get older, we become less and less able to manage our affairs as we did when we are younger, which means we are less likely to notice the activity of a home title thief before it is too late. Lastly, many elderly homeowners are lonely, and when the con artist starts up a conversation with them, the homeowner is happy to speak with them. The fraudster then seizes that opportunity to gain their trust, which is a necessary element of any con game.
Vacancy
Con artists don’t want to be discovered during the commission of their crime. A vacant house – such as a second home or vacation home – is a prime target because nobody is paying attention. In many circumstances, the homeowner only picks up the mail periodically, which enables to con artist to steal any mail that might notify the homeowner of the fraudulent activities.
Who needs TitleShield™
People who need TitleShield™ include:
- Any homeowner.
- Any senior homeowner.
- Any adult child of a senior homeowner.
- Any owner of a second home that is often vacant.
- Anybody who is remodeling their home.
- Anybody who is building a house.
- Anybody with a lien on a home.