If you own the property
A fake ID can pass an online closing.
Your name and address are already on the public record. With a cheap fake ID and a webcam notary who has never met you, a stranger can sign as you and sell the house while you sleep.
County-recorded title protection
Nobody can sell your house unless you say yes.
Home thieves use fake papers, not broken windows. We record a legal notice on your title at the county that tells every buyer, bank, realtor, and title company to get your clearance before any deal can close.
About 15 minutes to set up. We handle the county filing.
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- Recorded at your county
- Seen by every buyer, lender, and title company
- Nothing closes without your yes
Why it matters
They do not break in. They file fake papers.
Your name and address are already public. Most counties record a deed without calling you, and most states still have no specific law against deed theft. Once a forged deed is on record, the fight to undo it is yours.
$275M
lost to real estate fraud reported to the FBI in 2025, up 59% in one year
1 in 3
title companies caught someone pretending to be the seller in 2024
$50–150K
what victims typically spend on lawyers to undo a forged deed
45%
of the money lost in 2025 was taken from owners aged 60 and older
Sources: FBI IC3 2025 Internet Crime Report · ALTA · Equity Protect seller impersonation research, 2024–2025
Free vulnerability check
See your home the way a thief does.
Enter your address and we pull the same public records a fraudster reads: your deed, your equity, the gaps they look for. You get a risk level and the findings on screen, free.
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How they do it
Pretending to be you is the easy part.
Deals are signed over webcams and e-signatures now. Counties record what they receive. Often, nobody in that chain has ever met you.
If your LLC owns the property
An operating agreement is just a template.
Anyone can download one, type themselves in as manager, and sign it. Most states file it without checking. On paper, they now run your company and can sell everything it owns.
If your trust owns the property
Trust papers are self-reported.
A forged certification naming a new trustee is all it takes. No court reviews it. The county records the deed like any other, and you may not find out for months.
AI made it easier
AI can now look and sound like you.
Closings moved online, and that opened the door. In 2025, the first year the FBI counted AI scams on their own: 22,364 reports and $893 million lost. Houses are the biggest prize.
They clone your voice
A few seconds of a voicemail is enough to train a clone that answers the title company's callback as you.
They deepfake the closing call
Online closings mean proving who you are to a webcam. A rendered face can sit in the notary's video window and pass.
They print perfect papers
IDs, deeds, and operating agreements generated to match. The typos that used to give fraud away are gone.
In plain words
Simple enough to explain to a four-year-old.
No fine print, no jargon. This is the whole idea, and it works because it sits on the public record where every title company has to look.
Your county keeps a big public book of who owns every home.
A thief can put their own name on your page using fake papers.
We add a note to your page that says: get the owner's clearance first.
Now your page cannot change until you say yes.
How it works
Four steps. Then the house cannot move without you.
Monitoring tells you after someone lists it. Insurance pays after it is gone. This notice sits on the public record first.
01File
We record a legal notice at your county that says: ask the owner first.
02Show
Anyone interested in the property (buyer, lender, realtor, or tenant) sees it and must get your clearance.
03Check
We confirm it is really you, not someone pretending.
04You say yes
You approve. If you do not, the house stays put.
The difference
Monitoring tells you after. Insurance pays after. We stop it first.
Title insurance covers old problems from before you bought. Monitoring emails you after a your house is sold. Neither one asks you to say yes before the house can move.
A legal notice recorded at your county
Title Barrier
Stops it first
Yes
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
No
Title insurance
Pays for the past
No
Your clearance required before anything closes
Title Barrier
Stops it first
Yes
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
No
Title insurance
Pays for the past
No
Stops a fake sale before it closes
Title Barrier
Stops it first
Yes
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
No
Title insurance
Pays for the past
No
Watches listing sites for your address
Title Barrier
Stops it first
Yes
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
Yes
Title insurance
Pays for the past
No
When you find out about an attempt
Title Barrier
Stops it first
Before it closes
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
After it is listed
Title insurance
Pays for the past
After the damage is done
Covers old title problems from before you bought
Title Barrier
Stops it first
No
Basic monitoring
Tells you after
No
Title insurance
Pays for the past
Yes
| Protection | Title BarrierStops it first | Basic monitoringTells you after | Title insurancePays for the past |
|---|---|---|---|
| A legal notice recorded at your county | Yes | No | No |
| Your clearance required before anything closes | Yes | No | No |
| Stops a fake sale before it closes | Yes | No | No |
| Watches listing sites for your address | Yes | Yes | No |
| When you find out about an attempt | Before it closes | After it is listed | After the damage is done |
| Covers old title problems from before you bought | No | No | Yes |
Title Barrier works alongside title insurance, not instead of it. Insurance pays for problems from the past. The notice stops new ones before they close.
Transparent pricing
What it costs
We file a legal notice at your county. Title companies see it. They have to check with you before anything closes.
Lower equivalent monthly vs paying month to month.
$16.67/mo
Billed $199.00 annually
+$199 one-time setup
FAQ
Questions people ask before they lock a title
Straight answers about how the lock works, what it costs, and what it does not do.
Someone pretends to own your house. They try to sell it, rent it, or borrow money against it. They use a fake ID and fake papers. Empty land, rentals, and second homes get hit most, because no one is living there to notice.
Still have questions?
Our team can walk you through how Title Barrier fits your property.
Your lock
Your house stays locked until you unlock it.
Buyers and banks can look. Only you can say go. About 15 minutes to set up.