Fort Lauderdale Double Closing Title Company

Title Company of Florida is an investor-friendly title company for double closings in Fort Lauderdale. If you’re a wholesaler or investor buying and reselling a property, you need a double closing title company that understands back-to-back transactions, closes both sides cleanly, and protects everyone involved.

Investor Closings in Fort Lauderdale

Title Company of Florida is based in Jacksonville and closes investor transactions in Fort Lauderdale remotely. We are not a walk-in branch office in Fort Lauderdale. Sellers, wholesalers, and end buyers sign through remote online notarization, a mobile notary sent to them anywhere in Broward County, or a mail-away closing, and we record electronically with the county.

How a Double Closing Works

A double closing (also called a simultaneous or back-to-back closing) is two separate transactions on the same property, usually on the same day. In the first, the original seller (A) sells to the investor (B). In the second, the investor (B) sells to the end buyer (C). Each side has its own settlement statement, so the A-B price and the B-C price stay separate. Investors often prefer a double closing over an assignment of contract when the assignment fee is large or the end buyer’s lender won’t allow assignments.

Double Closing vs. Assignment of Contract

• Assignment: One closing. The investor assigns the purchase contract to the end buyer for a fee, which shows on the settlement statement. Simpler and cheaper, but the fee is visible and some lenders prohibit it.
• Double Closing: Two closings, two deeds, two sets of closing costs. More paperwork, but each side’s pricing stays on its own statement and it works with most conventional lenders.

We close both structures in Fort Lauderdale and will tell you plainly which one fits your deal.

Funding the A-B Side

The investor needs funds to close the A-B purchase. That can be the investor’s own cash, a hard money loan, or a transactional funding lender. Whether the end buyer’s funds can be used for the A-B side depends on the end buyer’s lender and our underwriter’s requirements, so we confirm that early instead of finding out on closing day.

Our Three Rules for Investor Closings

We built these rules to protect sellers, end buyers, and investors, and to keep our time focused on deals that actually close.

1. Minimum Property Value of About $300,000: We focus on investor transactions where the property value is roughly $300,000 or more. Below that, the work and risk of a double closing usually don’t make sense for anyone involved.
2. No Earnest Money, No Deal: The buyer’s earnest money deposit must be received by the deadline in the contract. If it isn’t, the contract is treated as void and we close the file. This one rule filters out most of the bad actors in the wholesale space.
3. Full Transparency to Seller and End Buyer: We notify both the original seller and the end buyer about how the deal is structured. Everyone knows there are two transactions and who is on each side. That way a last-day backout by an end buyer can’t leave a seller stranded and surprised at the closing table.

Local Closing Considerations in Broward County

Deeds are recorded with the Broward County Records Division. Florida documentary stamp tax on deeds is $0.70 per $100 of consideration, and in a double closing it is paid on both deeds, so we build that into the numbers up front.

Why Investors Choose Title Company of Florida

• We understand wholesale, fix-and-flip, and back-to-back transactions and don’t treat investors as a problem file.
• Fast title searches and commitments, so problems surface before your end buyer’s deadlines.
• In-person, mobile, and remote online closings statewide.
• Florida Licensed Title Agency (License #G324751) with E&O coverage, a surety bond, and general liability coverage.
• Strict wire fraud prevention: we never send or change wiring instructions by email alone.

Learn more about our title services for real estate investors. We also handle double closings in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, West Palm Beach.

Start Your Fort Lauderdale Double Closing

Have a deal under contract in Fort Lauderdale? Open a title order or contact Title Company of Florida and we’ll review the structure with you before anything gets signed.