Escrow / Title Companies in Bay Area (war + love stories)

[Mimi H.]

Hi all,

For those who have bought off market (and even those who have not) would love to hear anyone's war or love stories in your dealings with Escrow / Title Companies. I may have a chance to purchase something off market and thanks to a bunch of BPers, I'm a bit more confident that I won't need an attorney so I'd be more reliant on Escrow / Title Companies. It's a small residential property in the Bay Area so I'm looking at people's experience in that particular situation and market. Since I don't really know what I don't know, would love to hear BPer's war stories (aka everything hit the fan - what to avoid) and love stories (everything could have hit the fan yet these people really pulled me through). Thanks!