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Transaction services handle the legal, financial, and administrative mechanics of buying, selling, and holding real estate, and every builder or developer who acquires property works with several of them on each deal. Escrow companies act as the neutral third party that holds funds and documents, follows the parties' instructions, and disburses at closing; in California most purchases close through escrow, and construction lenders often route loan funds and payoffs through the same file. Title companies search the chain of title, flag liens, easements, and encumbrances, and issue the title insurance policies that lenders require and buyers typically purchase; for a developer, a preliminary title report early in due diligence can surface recorded easements or covenants that affect what can be built. Real estate attorneys draft and review purchase agreements, joint venture and partnership structures, easement and lot-line agreements, and handle disputes; builders tend to involve them on off-market deals, seller financing, entity structuring, and anything a standard form contract does not cover. 1031 exchange specialists act as qualified intermediaries that hold sale proceeds so an investor can complete a tax-deferred exchange into replacement property within the required identification and closing windows, a structure some builders' clients and investor partners use between projects. Real estate CPA specialists advise on how transactions are treated for tax purposes, including dealer-versus-investor characterization for flippers, cost segregation on completed rentals, and entity-level reporting. Escrow and title open at contract; attorneys, intermediaries, and CPAs are most useful when engaged before a contract is signed, since deal structure is hard to change afterward. Fees vary by scope and are usually driven by purchase price, transaction complexity, and locale. We recommend confirming that escrow providers, title insurers, attorneys, and CPAs hold current licenses in the state where the deal closes; California and Texas both publish public lookup tools for these professions. Cablanico lists these providers as a directory category and does not provide legal, tax, or investment advice.
As early in due diligence as possible, because recorded easements, covenants, and liens can restrict what can be built or complicate financing. Ask the title officer for legible copies of every recorded document listed as an exception, since the report itself only references them and the location and terms of an easement determine whether it crosses buildable area. Finding a utility easement or private restriction after design is underway is far more expensive than finding it before the contingency period ends.
The escrow company is the neutral party that holds funds and documents and executes the parties' written instructions through closing. The title company searches the property's recorded history and issues title insurance against defects; in many California transactions one firm provides both functions, but the roles are distinct.
Common triggers are off-market or seller-financed deals, joint ventures and equity partnerships, easement or lot-line agreements, construction-related disputes, and entity structuring for a project. Standard association forms cover routine brokered sales, but anything with custom terms benefits from attorney drafting before signatures.
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A qualified intermediary must hold the sale proceeds, and the investor identifies replacement property and closes within fixed statutory windows to defer capital gains tax. Property held primarily for sale, such as a typical flip, generally does not qualify, which is a characterization question to review with a CPA before the sale closes.
Qualified intermediaries hold the entire sale proceeds during the exchange, so the checks investors commonly make are whether funds sit in segregated accounts, how the firm is bonded and insured against errors and theft, its track record with exchanges of similar complexity, and references from repeat clients. Industry bodies such as the Federation of Exchange Accommodators publish member directories and ethical standards, which many investors use as a starting point since intermediaries are lightly regulated in most states.
A real estate CPA advises on transaction structure and tax characterization, such as dealer versus investor treatment for flips, cost segregation on rentals, and how project entities should report. Engaging them before a purchase or sale is signed matters because most tax outcomes are set by how the deal is structured, not how it is recorded afterward.
