Jeri Vetter

Jeri Vetter 479 W. 25th St. San Bernardino, CA-;- EDUCATION: Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL B.A. - English SUMMARY: I have a passion for reading and possess excellent editing, proofreading, and research abilities. I’ve drafted, edited and proofread corporate, real estate, financial and legal documents and contracts - ensuring compliance and consistency throughout - with an eye for grammatical errors, typos, and inconsistencies.  I work well independently - with little supervision - while managing and prioritizing multiple projects simultaneously. EXPERIENCE: Freelance Proofreader 08/18 – current Online Edit and proofread various documents, including resumes, cover letters, and e-mails. Proofread and review professional websites. Volunteer proofreader of digitized Public Domain books for Distributed Proofreaders. First American Title Insurance Company11/14 – 7/18 Commercial Title Examiner -remote position Managed update queue. Created a program to train the Offshore Team how to do updates for commercial transactions. Trained offshore employees and answered questions via Messenger; proofread Title Commitments and analyzed evidence when the updates were completed. Became proficient at using First American’s FAST software program. Mapped out metes and bounds legal descriptions; learned commercial title research and examining. Prepared Commercial Title Commitments, O&Es, and Informational Commitments and Amended Commitments, using prior policies as a base, and eventually, running full searches online when no prior could be found. Stewart Title Guaranty Company07/13 - 10/14 Title Researcher II (Contract) Performed online residential title searches; verified data; researched, analyzed and compiled geographic information, property surveys and legal descriptions, ownership histories, and physical addresses. Determined the insurability of title by analyzing documents such as deeds, mortgages, liens, judgments, assessments, probate, and other matters of record. Prepared title commitments and O&Es. Collaborated with team members to create a training manual for employees in India. Proofread and edited commitments prepared in India. Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Ornstein & Squires, P.A.05/12 - 07/13 Paralegal/Real Estate Assisted Partner with residential and commercial real estate closings. Due Diligence: prepared and filed documents; ordered searches; reviewed title documents, and prepared title commitments and policies. Closings: ordered corporate documents; prepared closing statements; requested payoff information, and coordinated funding/wire transfers. Drafted, edited, and proofread service contracts and licensing agreements. Typed, redlined and proofread real estate contracts and related documents, as well as loan documents. Set up Florida corporations. First Southern Bank04/07 - 05/12 Special Assets/REO Administrator Administration of portfolio consisting of REO and non-accrual loans; handling multiple projects simultaneously and managing workflow against tight deadlines. Coordinated foreclosure process with lenders, attorneys, and paralegals. Oversaw management of properties once they became bank-owned. Researched/wrote reports on Special Assets and REO properties in collaboration with loan officers. Created and maintained Excel spreadsheets of REO and Special Assets' property data. Network Closing Services01/06 - 03/07 Title Coordinator Reviewed Title Commitments prior to closing. Analyzed deeds, judgments, mortgages, tax assessments, probate documents, easements and other applicable filings pertaining to properties in Florida, and a dozen states outside of Florida. Researched various state statutes and codes online and conferred with Underwriters to determine status and insurability of title. Proofread documents for form, content, spelling and grammar prior to recording. Performed final compliance on files, reviewing policies and ensuring necessary documentation. Stewart Title Guaranty Company12/03 - 01/06 Title Examiner Performed real estate title searches and examined title history for residential and commercial properties. Obtained tax and appraisal printouts from county websites; searched public records and other online programs, establishing chain of title by examining recorded deeds. Analyzed mortgages, judgments, tax assessments, easements and other encumbrances. Prepared Title Commitments, O&Es and Policies. Responded to Agents' questions and trained new employees. Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.03/99 - 12/03 Legal Assistant Real Estate: Examined title for residential sales and refinances; prepared Title Commitments and Policies; searched and examined public records online, and sent out mortgages, deeds and policies. Health Care: Assisted attorney in various aspects of health care law by drafting, redlining and proofreading service, physician, purchase and sale, managed care, and consulting contracts; drafted corporate documents, and researched technical medical terminology. The Nature Conservancy09/96 - 03/99 Legal Assistant Assisted in-house Counsel by coordinating, prioritizing and managing real estate transactions and corporate legal matters for the Southeast Regional Office. Worked in collaboration with attorneys, government agencies, title insurance companies, Conservancy staff, and landowners to obtain project and property information. Researched environmental concerns and intellectual property online. Drafted and proofread purchase agreements, leases, service contracts, easements and quitclaim deeds, and recorded easements and deeds.