Posted by John R Smith on 9/26/12 8:13am
Msg #435941

NREIS, in Pittsburgh

Have any of you had dealings with National Real Estate, in Pittsburgh? I have outstanding invoices with them dating back to March, and they are incredibly slow to respond to my payment requests. Just wondering if anyone else has had problems receiving payment from NREIS.

Reply by Notary - Premier on 9/26/12 8:17am
Msg #435942

I did a closing for another company who uses them and they paid me fine.

Reply by MW/VA on 9/26/12 8:18am
Msg #435943

If you learn to use Signing Central you will save yourself

a lot of problems. They're known for slow-pay, no-pay. There was an attorney that posted here recently that he does collection work in that area. Good luck.

Reply by bagger on 9/26/12 9:04am
Msg #435951

Back to March?

Why in the world are you still accepting assignments from them?
Do you enjoy working for free?

Reply by Matt_VA on 9/26/12 10:20am
Msg #435963

They used to be a pain in the XXX company that would pay, to now a no pay creep company.
Collect and run from those people!

Reply by Doris_CO on 9/26/12 10:55am
Msg #435978

Go to the orange search button at the top of the page and type in NREIS. Read all the comments for the past year or so. Some notaries have posted how they received payment by contacting a person in accounting. The names vary and there's always the possibility that those persons don't work for NREIS anymore.

Reply by Virginia/PA on 10/2/12 10:32pm
Msg #436920

I too am owed a considerable amount by NREIS and have called multiple times. I was told they have formed a "committee" who decides who gets paid and who gets left waiting. Each call is logged and sent to the committee. Don't know if more calls makes them angrier or gets results. I was asked to accept a lower amount or accept installments. I said I would accept installments if I get paid but would not accept a lower amount. I asked the person I spoke with if he was accepting a lower amount of pay for his work and he said he wasn't.
I haven't seen anything posted on this board, but I did a search via my cell phone of NREIS and came up with a lawsuit filed by I believe a law firm in Massachusetts accusing NREIS of UPL in the State of Massachusetts. It was a long read, so I only gleaned it. But the gist was the Attorneys alone are suitable to guarantee that a borrower has good title to their property.
I was a legal secretary for 36 years. The attorneys I worked for NEVER did their own title searches. Every Courthouse has their own slew of title searchers and each attorney has their pet title searcher. I was the person who was responsible for typing the applications for title insurance based on a title search the attorney didn't do himself but only really studied if there was a problem brought to his attention via notes from the title searcher (all non-attorneys). I, of course, asked questions if I saw something awry. But the Attorney signed all title work and certifications based on the title searchers notes and my interpretation of those notes. I assume that is true for 99.999% of all legal secretaries out there who have dealt with real estate. So how does a law firm say NREIS is engaging in UPL when they are hiring the same title searchers the Attorneys hired to do the title search? And every other title company we are hired by. It should be brought to the attention of the Court that is handling this lawsuit that title searches are done primarily by title searchers and not by Attorneys. I suppose there are some attorneys who are too cheap to hire a title searcher and waste their own time doing title searches. But in my years of experience that has not been the case. May I hear from all you legal secretaries/paralegals about your experiences?