Some of the house brands like Chicago Title, First American, Old Republic, etc are either owned by or own stand alone Intermediary firms. 

My dad started his real estate carrer in the mid 60s selling land in Santa Cruz county.up b loch Lomand lake.. there was the trout farm inn  not sure if its still there.where did you live in Cupertino.. we lived off of Blaney and Bolinger behind all American market  LOL

An increasing number of North Americans are retiring to Mexico and that's likely to accelerate.

I've personally used First American before and was pleased with their services. 

Lots of Americans go there too.

And my wife is from the UK, so I speak both American and British English!

I would take a look at some of the loan terms with local lenders and see how they apply to Americans.

Hey folks and a good day to you all.My name’s Kristian and I’m in an exciting life phase - I’ve just moved from Melbourne, Australia to the USA with my American wife and 2 Aussie kids because we’re dead set about making a better life through real estate investment.We’ve been BP converts for 2+ years, devouring the books, podcast eps and YouTube content, but it’s now time to go beyond analysis and venture into buy-alysis (is that a word?).

A well-qualified tenant who works as a social worker wants to lease my property to help transition teenagers with drug abuse into society, while I support this cause and would love to be a part of it by allowing her to lease the property.

@Bill Said, 1031Vest is a great firm backed by First American Financial (a fortune 500 company)