Some searchers will work on an hourly basis, or you can do the work yourself, or train somebody else to do the work. 

The 2nd mtg is simply extinguished "by operation of law", and any title searcher will realize this...no problem.

Unfortunately, there are companies who copy names and try to grab a name that may confuse a searcher with other more established companies.  

I'm a searcher in Illinois so I'm trying to pull resources to figure out everything about the property including current owner and mortgage)

However, statistically, the odds of there being a title claim for any one transaction is very low, in part because of the work done by the title searcher and examiner doing a good job of identifying title defects in advance of the closing so they can be cured before the buyer takes title. 

It's the searcher/examiner's job to identify those inconsistencies and the underwriter's job (the person not the company) to decide whether to accept the risk or not and if not decide what the underwriter (the company not the person) will accept to authorize the issuance of a policy and what exceptions will need to be included. 

let me explain...One of the main criteria Google is looking for when ranking your in S.E. and in Google Adwords is RELEVANCY.If your website/landing page is not relevant to what the searcher is looking for, your rankings will fall and PPC costs increase.Also, Adwords doesn't have to be expansive if you:1.

A hard money loan from Searchers Capital.

Are there independent searchers who might do it for less?

The title company and title searcher are on the hook.