A deed that was never updated becomes a title defect at a sale or a refinance. Your title is only as strong as the last deed…
In her words
Why she does this work
Norma Benavidez-Green founded Direct Deeds and still does the work. She is the owner, the notary public and — for most clients — the only person they will ever need to deal with: the voice on the phone, the hands that prepare the document, and the person at the table with the journal and the seal.
Why she does this work
Direct Deeds is a small team, which is the point. The person who takes your call is the person who prepares the document, and the person who prepares the document is the one who sits down at your table with the journal and the seal.
That matters most when the reason for the appointment is not a happy one — a parent who has died, surgery on Monday, a house that has to move before a deadline. You get a straight answer about what can be done, what it will cost, and what we are not allowed to do for you.
A business built one signing at a time
Direct Deeds is a family business, and between the owners there is over twenty years of combined experience in signings and document preparation. In practice that shows up as knowing what the recorder will reject before anything is drafted — and knowing which questions are ours to answer and which ones belong to an attorney.
It is also a Minority and Women-Owned business, and it is the relationships built one signing at a time that Norma would rather be judged on.
Where the line is
We are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice. We prepare, notarize, and record the documents you direct us to prepare. If your question needs a lawyer, you will hear so on the call rather than a guess — we would rather send you to an attorney than let you sign the wrong thing.