A $99 preliminary title check for North Carolina properties — delivered to your dashboard in 24 hours. Know what's on the title before you list, offer, or close.
Items were found that will need to be addressed at or before closing.
This property can proceed. The items below are standard — no immediate action needed.
This is an active mortgage lien against the property. It is completely normal for a home that still has a loan on it — it simply has to be paid off and released at closing out of the sale proceeds.
Request a current payoff statement from the lender so the balance can be cleared at closing. No action needed before listing.
Sample report shown for illustration — property and owner details are fictional.
You take a listing and discover a lien, judgment, or open estate two days before hitting the MLS. The seller is blindsided. The timeline is blown.
A buyer goes under contract on a property with a Substitute Trustee appointment already recorded. No one knew. The deal dies at the closing table.
The seller thought their mortgage was paid off years ago. It wasn't. Now they need an attorney and three weeks to clear it. Listing delayed.
You're buying distressed. The title chain has a gap nobody caught. You close anyway. Now you own a problem you can't sell.
PreListCheck gives you a 24-hour heads up. Run a check before you list, before you offer, or before you advise a client to proceed. Know what you're working with.
Clear, color-coded, and written for realtors — not attorneys.
Clean ownership, no open liens, judgments, or title defects. Proceed with your normal closing process.
Standard items like an open mortgage that will clear at closing. No immediate action needed — just be aware.
Active judgment, lien, foreclosure, or ownership defect found. Needs your closing professional’s attention before proceeding.
Each report covers ownership & chain of title, open mortgages & deeds of trust, liens & judgments, UCC filings, tax status, and examiner notes — sourced directly from a legitimate title search.
Enter any NC property address and confirm it using Google address autocomplete. We support 98 of 100 NC counties.
Pay instantly via Stripe, or send a payment link directly to the seller. One report. One payment.
Your PDF report lands in your dashboard within 24 hours — usually same day. Download, share, or reference it any time.
Real scenarios where a 24-hour heads up changes the outcome.
Deals fall apart at closing because a defect surfaces the seller didn't know existed — and can't cure in 10 days.
A prior lender never recorded a satisfaction. The chain shows two open mortgages on a paid-off home. Catch it before Day 1 of the listing.
A contractor or credit card judgment liens every parcel the seller owns. Price it in or negotiate a release before you go live.
NC HOA liens with fees can exceed $10K. Require payoff before list date instead of at the closing table.
The seller is behind and foreclosure is already recorded. Know before you spend marketing dollars on a property that may not close.
A deceased prior owner's interest was never deeded out. Discover it before you market a property that can't legally convey.
Cost-recovery liens from Charlotte, Raleigh, or Durham attach to the property — not the person. Buyer financing dies without a heads up.
Know before you list.
Protect your client's time.
Know before you buy.
Avoid closing surprises.
Start curative work earlier.
Verify lien priority.
Pre-screen before offer.
Diligence before you bid.
PreListCheck is a preliminary check — not legal advice, not title insurance. Always consult a licensed real estate attorney for transaction decisions.
PreListCheck is live across North Carolina — 98 of 100 counties — and expanding to 27 more states. Select a live state to see county-level coverage.
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It was good, and I learned a couple of things from it. The seller wasn't sure if her mortgage was still valid, and the report did a nice job explaining that it was, despite the mortgage company having failed. That gave us the certainty we were looking for. We were not aware of the potential typo in the address as well — and the report did a nice job of stating this was present but not a significant problem. Essentially it told us what to worry about and what not to worry about, which was valuable.
One price. One report. No subscription, no hidden fees.
NC properties only · 98 of 100 counties supported
Not legal advice · Not title insurance
What sellers and agents ask most before ordering a pre-listing title check.
A pre-listing title check is a review of the public record on a property before it goes on the market. It surfaces problems that can delay or kill a closing — open mortgages and deeds of trust, liens, judgments, ownership and heirship issues, unreleased documents, and tax problems — while there is still time to fix them. PreListCheck delivers one for $99 in about 24 hours.
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