Real Estate Paralegal

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

RogueSearch

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Full Time

Overview: <p>Bring your experience in land use, real estate transactions, due diligence, real estate closing documents, as a paralegal, etc and join a dynamic legal team at our client where you'll take ownership of real estate transactions across multiple markets.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Highlights</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Rocketship: Company grew 10x since 2020 and is now the largest residential community developer in the USA.</li> <li>Small Company Feel: Indy office is less than 15 people with a very tight and collaborative culture</li> <li>Direct Access:&nbsp;Work directly with one attorney and one client across multiple projects.</li> <li>Predictable, Low-Pressure:&nbsp;Stable workflow + no billable hour requirements!</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What you&rsquo;ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Oversee the process the contracting, entitlement, and closing of real estate and land acquisitions.</li> <li>Responsible for procurement of information and documentation for due diligence reviews, including title, zoning, permitting, and other entitlements.</li> <li>Responsible for initial drafting and organizing of transactional documents for real estate closings.</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Review and confirm legal descriptions of property based on third-party title work</li> <li>Work with municipalities, governmental agencies, and outside consultants in obtaining key due diligence information and documentation for acquisition targets</li> <li>Manage communication, document execution and workflow for closings of company acquisitions</li> <li>Review and confirm closing statements, including tax prorations and other fees/charges</li> <li>Facilitate communication between company, seller&rsquo;s counsel, and closing counsel/settlement agent</li> <li>Coordinate acquisition file management, involving coordinating all aspects of an acquisition and ensuring appropriate steps are taken in a timely fashion</li> <li>Assist in drafting of purchase and sale agreements, assignments, development management agreements, amendments thereto, deeds and affidavits, and create closing checklists for all real estate deals</li> <li>Calculate legal deadlines and filing documents as required</li> <li>Ensure the Region adheres to due diligence calendars and eliminate schedule conflicts</li> <li>Review title reports and exception documents</li> <li>Review certificates of insurance to confirm appropriate coverage and policy amounts</li> <li>Draft and sign legal correspondence that is informative in nature but does not include legal opinion or advice</li> <li>Prepare requests for funding of acquisitions and monitor financial transactions</li> <li>Prepare closing instruction letters, closing documents and binders, review title policies and work with title companies regarding any policy issues</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>5+ years of Real Estate transactional experience</li> <li>2+ years of experience with either (a) land use/zoning or (b) construction and procurement law</li> <li>Understanding of land entitlement processes and procedures is highly preferred</li> <li>Ability to perform legal research, fact gathering, and information retrieval both via traditional systems such as libraries and computer-based research</li> <li>Highly organized and able to track an acquisition from initial contact through closing.</li> <li>While paralegal experience and/or certification is not required, such a skill set would be useful for this position</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills</li> </ul>