The new Estero branch in Coconut Point, Fla., for North American Title Co. won’t open until March. However, that hasn’t stopped the company from hiring a business consultant with 18 years of closing experience to start building relationships with the real estate professionals in the Cape Coral suburb.
“We are very fortunate to have found such a talented closing professional to start working with the agents, brokers, lenders and homebuilders in this vibrant housing market,” Florida Sales Manager Marietta Garzia said. “Kimberly Reers will be spreading the word in the Estero and Bonita Springs area that they now have the opportunity to work with a title company with deep roots and experience in the Florida market.”
Reers has 18 years of experience working on closings for banks, bank attorneys and mortgage companies. Her transition to the title industry came in 2005, when her family moved from Long Island, N.Y., to Estero. Her undergraduate degree is from Stony Brook University and she took her paralegal studies with Hofstra University.
“My experience in closings is vast, from opening a file through sending out the title policy – and all the processes in between,” Reers said. “This expertise allows me to educate my customers, providing them with confidence that we have the knowledge and skills to shepherd their transaction to a successful close.”
The relocation of the Hertz Corp. worldwide headquarters to Estero has caused an economic boom in Lee County, with an overall unemployment rate of 5 percent in December 2014 compared with the U.S. rate of 5.6 percent for the same period. (Data is from the Regional Economic Research Institute at Florida Gulf Coast University.)