There was a guy that came on my podcast, the other one is a local investor/developer that owns a escrow company said he told his staff at the end of 2005 the shift had started.

Based on your comment, did you actually create your group home rather than renting the house out to an institution that already has staffs (which basically just rents the space)? 

I just hope he doesn't get too big and pass me off to a staff member like all of these other large firms. 

Some people like the smaller operations and might feel better actually knowing the main GP instead of interacting with staff.

By pushing the work to the appropriate staff level we can keep costs modest. 

Some buildings are strictly long term rentals which may have rent control to accommodate the seasonal staff and employees.

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications.2.

I realize GA is considered an 'attorney' state when it comes to closings and that a title company may still be an attorney (or have attys on staff) but just marketed in a different way (as a title company vs. a lawyer's office.)Most of the atty's I've talked to tell me "Oh that's illegal now" (false) or one was honest and said that if he did that (double closing, dry-funded) his title insurance company would be highly upset and he could be dis-barred (although I wonder about the dis-barring part..)

Not because the laws are different, but because conventional title companies (read also as real estate attorneys) don't necessarily stay up on the nuances because institutional lenders have their own attorneys on staff to do that and prepare the lender's loan docs. 

The application and fee is done for everyone, so my legal staff stays happy, and the investigations and deposits are concluded before access is granted.