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11/04/2026

🍂 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MEET THE CREW! ☕

A HUGE thank you to everyone who took time out of their morning to join us at our Fall Open House and learn more about contract servicing. It means so much to us to have such wonderful clients, friends, and community members supporting Team SCTE/VISTA.

☕ A SPECIAL THANK YOU to Country Grind Coffee Truck for keeping everyone caffeinated and serving up delicious drinks throughout the morning! We appreciate you helping make our event extra special!

Thank you again to everyone who joined us. We loved seeing so many familiar faces and meeting some new ones, too! 🧡

Have questions about seller financing or Contract Servicing? Reach out to learn how we can support you and your clients with your next seller-financed transaction.

📞 (509)-684-4580

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11/03/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday to Business Development Officer Sheila Benak! 🥳

We are so lucky to have Sheila as part of Team VISTA! Her steadfast and warm approach to sales shines through in every relationship she builds. She truly embodies our values of Care, Clarity, and Cultivation, and she supports her colleagues with unwavering diligence.

Sheila, we're so grateful for all that you do! Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a year filled with happiness and all the things you love! 💚🎂

10/31/2026

🎃👻 TITLE & ESCROW SHOULDN'T MAKE YOU SCREAM! 😱

No tricks this Halloween! Just reliable people, professional service, and experienced problem solvers who know how to handle the unexpected.

At VISTA Title & Escrow, we leave the scares to the movies and bring care, clarity, and expertise to every closing!

🏡 Have a transaction coming up? We'd love to be part of it! Open your next order with Team VISTA: vistatitle.com/place-an-order/

Happy Halloween from Team VISTA! 🎃

10/30/2026

👻𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝… 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫!📜 A REAL story from a transaction that closed right here at VISTA Title & Escrow!

Sometimes the strangest mysteries aren't found in haunted houses. They're hiding in the title records! Years ago, a man acquired property through a Quitclaim Deed that included a Right of Survivorship for his longtime female friend.

Fast-forward more than 20 years. The property was being sold, but there was one little problem…we couldn't prove the woman had passed away! 😱

The male seller explained that she'd passed away decades earlier, had no children, and her spouse was also deceased.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

Because the seller wasn't next of kin, obtaining a certified death certificate through the Health Department presented another challenge.

No certificate. No proof of death. This title issue wasn't going away on its own!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝?

🔎 VISTA's title team worked through the mystery with underwriting, which approved an exception to the title coverage.

And the transaction CLOSED! 🔑

Not every real estate mystery has a perfectly tidy ending. Sometimes it takes experience, creative problem-solving, and a great title team to get everyone to the closing table.

🎃 The lesson? Even when someone has been gone for decades, they can still make an unexpected appearance in a real estate transaction!

A title mystery holding up your sale? Call VISTA for experienced problem-solving!

📞 (509)-328-7171

10/29/2026

🎃 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐝!

They say a backyard patio is the perfect place to gather with family and friends, but what if someone was buried beneath it? 😱

In Clermont, Florida, Michael Shaver mysteriously disappeared in 2015.
His wife, Laurie, told friends and family he had left. For more than two years, messages appearing to come from Michael kept people believing he was still alive.

Meanwhile, a concrete patio and fire pit had been added to the backyard, concealing a horrifying secret beneath the surface. In a chilling twist, Laurie later celebrated her wedding to another man in that very same backyard, just feet from where her husband's remains were buried. 💍

In 2018, a concerned friend requested a welfare check, and investigators noticed something strange about the concrete slab.

They started digging.

And what they discovered was horrifying.

Buried approximately three feet beneath the patio were Michael's remains.
In 2024, Laurie Shaver was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

🏡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭?

Sometimes a property's biggest secrets aren't in the title report, seller disclosure, or home inspection. They're buried a little deeper.

💀 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧?

Stay tuned for more spooky real estate stories as VISTA Title & Escrow counts down to Halloween! 🎃

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10/28/2026

👻🏚️ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭!

What if you bought a house to renovate, only to discover that one of America's most notorious serial killers once called it home?

That's exactly what happened in Tacoma, Washington, in 2017.

A real estate investor purchased a home to renovate and flip, reportedly unaware that Ted Bundy had lived there as a child.

However, the home's dark history wasn't the only thing that made headlines. During renovations, contractors reported some seriously creepy occurrences:

👻 Doors and cabinets opening on their own.
👻 A heavy dresser inexplicably falling over.
👻 The word "LEAVE" appearing in construction dust.
👻 Unexplained noises that left workers feeling uneasy.

Things became so unsettling that the contractor reportedly brought in two pastors to bless the home!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭… 🔑

In Washington State, sellers and real estate brokers generally aren't required to disclose a home's disturbing history, including murders, suicides, or alleged hauntings, simply because those events occurred there.

The home was eventually renovated and sold in April 2017. It remains unclear whether the new owners knew about its infamous former resident.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮:

🎃 Would you buy a home if you knew a notorious serial killer had once lived there, or would that be a dealbreaker?

Sometimes the scariest thing about a house isn't what's hiding in the basement… It's what's hiding in its HISTORY! 👀

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10/28/2026

Happy 7-Year VISTAVersary to Assistant Controller Emily Carollo! 🎉

Emily's hard work behind the scenes, dedication, and kind personality make her such a valued part of Team VISTA!

💚 Thank you for everything you do, Emily! We're lucky to have you as part of Team VISTA!

10/27/2026

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡?

Some of the scariest surprises in real estate aren’t hiding in the basement. They may be buried beneath the property OR tucked away in the fine print!

Imagine purchasing vacant land, completing your feasibility studies, and closing on the property, only to discover months later that you may not be able to build because of a potential Native American burial ground.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭: The Title Commitment contained an exception for:
“Indian tribal codes or regulations, Indian treaty or aboriginal rights, including easements or equitable servitudes.”

While this sounds like boilerplate language, it isn’t meaningless!

Title companies rely heavily on public records to identify potential title defects. Certain rights, claims, and conditions—including those associated with ancestral burial sites—may exist without appearing in those records.

While title insurance protects against covered ownership risks, it doesn’t guarantee that land can be developed. Tribal rights and governmental restrictions may also fall outside coverage.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧?

Every exception in a Title Commitment deserves attention, even the ones we’ve seen a hundred times.

You don’t need to be an attorney or archaeologist to recognize when something deserves a closer look. Sometimes it’s simply about spotting a potential red flag, asking thoughtful questions, and knowing when to turn to a trusted professional for guidance.

🔎 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: Are you actually READING the exceptions, or are you just RECOGNIZING them?

Because sometimes the most frightening surprises aren’t what’s written in the Title Commitment...

The real mystery isn’t what’s written… it’s what lies beneath.

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10/27/2026

🏡1031 EXCHANGE BASICS: BRUNCH & LEARN!

Registration required! Brunch will be provided. Click the link below to sign up!

Learn the basics of 1031 Exchanges, including how they work, eligibility requirements, and tax-deferral benefits for qualifying real estate transactions.

📅 Wednesday, October 28th
⏰ 10–11 AM
📍 201 W North River Dr., Suite 205, Spokane, WA 99201

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003379101823?aff=oddtdtcreator

Address

201 W North River Drive
Spokane, WA
99201

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

(509) 328-7171

Website

http://vistatitle.com/

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