The Quill – February 2024

**BARRISTER TITLE IS MOVING**

Barristers Title will be moving offices on February 26th. Our new address will be:

9300 Harris Corners Parkway

Suite 330, Charlotte, NC 28269

Please update your contact info for mailing any checks or finals. Thanks!

THE QUILL ARTICLE:

Residential Closing Checklist

Greetings fellow Real Estate people!

One of my favorite things about working at Barristers Title is how I get to use my past experience as a legal assistant, brief stint as a closing paralegal, and years in the closing room to help our customers. It not only helps me relate to the issues you point out in your title searches, but it also helps us think of tools to help you in your day-to-day workflows.

We’re happy to bring you our Residential Closing Checklist!

It’s taken us a little while to pull this together with different members of our team, but we think this will be helpful and easy to implement. I’m not going to promise it covers EVERY issue you’ll face in a file, but I do think it covers all the major hoops, loops, and hurdles you’ll encounter.

My hope is this tool is used to train new hires, or to maintain standards of excellence during the busier months ahead. When I was walking into a closing, it always made me feel better to know we’d taken care of everything we needed to PRE-closing, and wouldn’t have a mess to clean up POST-closing.

As with all of the tools we offer, we’d love to hear from you about any thoughts, issues, or other feedback you might have. Click HERE to download the full checklist.

So please, take a look at our Residential Closing Checklist and let us know how we can improve it to better suit your needs. You can email me at sarah.fuentes@barristerstitle.com.

Thanks, and I hope this makes even one file easier for you!

CLE CORNER

2024 On-Demand CLE Courses

Welcome to the CLE Corner. This is where you can view our library of on-demand CLE/CPE’s for credit.

Currently we are offering 8 total CLE/CPE’s for on-demand viewing, including four new courses in 2024. Click HERE to access the CLE library. This is where all of the on-demand courses will be stored so bookmark the link and check back periodically. We will also announce any new live or on-demand courses here in the newsletter.

THE QUILL RECIPE

Jennifer’s Famous Mason Jar Granola

If you’ve been around for awhile, especially those in our Winston-Greensboro area, you have probably come to know and love Jennifer’s Mason Jar Granola. Well, you’re in luck today because she’s sharing the recipe. So if you don’t want to wait until this time every year for her special treat you can make it at home! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 6 cups rolled oats, not instant
• ¼ cup flaxseeds (you can find at Whole Foods in bulk)
• 2 cups almonds, sliced
• 1 cup pumpkin seeds, plain not roasted
• ½ cup sunflower seeds, plain
• 1 tsp salt
• ¾ cup canola oil
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• 2 cups dried cherries or craisins (or other dried fruit)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree.
• Mix all ingredients except dried fruit in a large bowl or pot.
• Spread evenly in a large shallow baking pan lined with parchment paper.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Stir every 10 minutes or so.
• Cool completely toss in fruit.
• Store in airtight containers.

**You can substitute equal amounts of other nuts.

**Makes 7 mason jars

THE QUILL MEME

Happy Valentine’s Day