From the monthly archives:

March 2010

The Role of a Real Estate Paralegal

by Liz Morgan on March 22, 2010

I want to expand the vision of readers interested in paralegal work in the next few posts, starting with this one. As I’ve written about in this post, not all paralegal jobs are posted at legal firms. There are several areas of concentration where paralegals can carve out a career. For instance, there are many Real Estate agencies, title companies, and other firms that hire paralegals since their skills increasingly rival an attorney’s skills.

Since paralegal jobs don’t demand the same pay, they are in huge demand by these firms and will continue to be well into the future. As a real estate paralegal, your duties would include research and data retrieval needed for various documents such as, deeds, mortgages, foreclosures, property closings, title reports, and more.

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