Real Estate Closing Paralegal

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🇧🇷 Brazil – Remote

💵 $1.4k - $2k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

💼 Paralegal

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Job Duck

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Marketing • Legal

Job Duck is a company specializing in connecting individuals with remote job opportunities for United States-based businesses. The company offers a variety of positions including legal assistants, marketing assistants, executive assistants, and case managers. Job Duck emphasizes helping people build careers by working from home, ensuring a good work-life balance while providing support and resources for career development. The focus is on remote, full-time positions that are well-compensated and offer a range of professional opportunities.

📋 Description

• Support a Connecticut real estate practice through residential and applicable commercial transactions from file opening through post-closing. • Perform assigned responsibilities under the direction and supervision of a Connecticut-licensed attorney without independently conducting closings, providing legal advice, or practicing law. • Assist attorneys and staff with real estate and administrative matters. • Support clients during time-sensitive transactions and communicate regarding required documents, scheduling, and transaction status. • Record time and transaction activity according to firm procedures. • Assist with escrow and client funds reconciliation. • Follow cybersecurity, wire transfer, identity verification, records retention, and document destruction procedures. • Maintain accurate electronic and physical files, calendars, contact information, transaction notes, and closing checklists. • Track deadlines, recordings, post-closing conditions, recording rejections, title matters, and outstanding documents. • Return completed lender packages within required timeframes. • Obtain signatures, acknowledgments, notarizations, identification, and supporting documents. • Assemble signing packages and assist the supervising attorney before, during, and after closings. • Proofread and prepare closing, conveyancing, title, lender, tax, escrow, disbursement, and other transaction documents for attorney review. • Submit documents for recording or e-recording with Connecticut municipal land record offices. • Review financial, title, lender, municipal, survey, payoff, lien, and other due diligence information. • Identify and escalate potential title defects or transaction issues to the supervising attorney. • Coordinate with lenders, mortgage brokers, real estate agents, title companies, surveyors, municipal offices, insurance representatives, and opposing counsel. • Prepare Connecticut Real Estate Conveyance Tax Return materials, including Form OP-236 and applicable schedules, and assist with myCTREC submissions. • Open, organize, and maintain residential purchase, sale, refinance, and applicable commercial real estate files.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of two years of experience supporting residential real estate purchases, sales, and refinances. • Working knowledge of real estate contracts, title searches, lender requirements, deeds, mortgages, liens, payoff statements, settlement statements, and recording procedures. • Experience managing multiple transactions and deadlines in a high-volume environment. • Ability to work independently on assigned matters while recognizing when attorney review, approval, or direction is required. • Ability to protect confidential client, financial, and personally identifiable information. • Preferred experience preparing title commitments, title policies, and endorsements. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, email platforms, document management systems, and electronic filing or recording platforms. • Preferred experience with SoftPro, Qualia, E-Closing, comparable real estate closing platforms, and myCTREC. • Ability to work Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. • English and Spanish languages stated.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote job opportunity • Great Place to Work Certification culture • Recruiter guidance through the application process