A conversational transcript of a YouTube video where Scott and Mike Zano discuss using Simply File (an e-recording service) to electronically record property deeds. They highlight that Simply File lets them record deeds quickly—often within minutes or an hour—especially when combined with online notarization (e.g., onlinenotary.net). They note some counties still do not accept e-recording, causing delays when paper-mailing deeds, and they discuss uncertainty about current Simply File pricing/subscription models and their own possible grandfathered accounts. The transcript also recounts past frustrations with mailed affidavits and returned filings that made manual recording slow.
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041882 says that's interesting. So many things today as a beginner, one of my notes is don't bother with a county that doesn't use Simply File. So I love that. I mean, I've worked in. So Simply File. For those of you who are just tuning in for the first time, Simply File is a tool that we use to electronically record deeds when we're buying or selling a piece of property. So listen, Mike Zano, I can buy and sell a piece of property on my computer.
Yeah.
Without going to the.
Within the hour.
Within the hour. All with the use of a tool online called Simplify. And there are some counties that still don't use simplifile.
Right.
Have you worked those counties, Mike Zano? It's frustrating.
It is. But I don't get overly frustrated because this is how we started. There wasn't really this option years ago, all that. I was doing tons of wholesale deals to pay off my debt. And it was like I'd be. This part was frustrating. Where I be. Right. Tell them the record. Record this one first, record this one second. Get calculating all the money, sticking them together. Double, triple check. Yeah. So that's gone away with Simply File.
Yeah, it's, it's. It's absolutely, absolutely amazing. And, you know, you can record digital copies of things. So if somebody faxes you a deed or they scan you a deed with a notarization on it, you can record that. If you, If I get online like I did a couple days ago to onlinenotary.net and get it, Get a deed notarized record. I can, I can get the deed notarized, Record the deed in minutes. Minutes. Crazy, crazy stuff.
Control the D, control the deal. Right, Scott?
That's right. 041882 says, with that in mind, what kind of account do we select when signing up to use Simplify? That's a really good question. I don't remember. What is the cost? What is there like an annual subscription? Zaino for Simplify. It's not. I don't.
It's been several years now since I signed up. I don't think I have an annual. They might have changed. I think I paid per it. There might be a variation where you can get a cheaper recording amount if you pay annual. I don't do it. I don't remember what business outline I put in.
We might be grandfathered in. I'm not sure. But, you know, for the convenience this tool provides, it's well worth it. Because I've worked in counties where I have to snail mail in the deed. And if I get one little thing wrong, either on the deed or I'm 20 cents off on my check, they're snail mailing that back to me. And then I got a snail mail it back to them again. It could literally take four or five weeks to get a deed recorded. Simply File is worth it just because you can get that thing recorded in no time. And if there is, if there is a mistake, they return it to you right away and you can resubmit it.
Right. So back when we were doing a bunch of deals in Arizona, I first started, there was no. I wasn't using Simply File first times. Using the affidavit is the affidavit of property value. I think that's what it is. It kept. I must have been like three or four times they sent it back with red ink. I thought it was back in school. Nope, nope, nope. I'm like, mail it out, bring it back, mail it out, bring it back. Finally figured it out, but man, that can be frustrating. Simply File solves that.
