Paralegal Real Estate

Job Summary

A legal services team in Miami, FL is seeking an experienced Paralegal Real Estate professional for a direct hire opportunity within a complex commercial real estate practice. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented real estate paralegal who thrives in a collaborative, team-based environment and enjoys supporting sophisticated purchase, sale, financing, title, survey, and closing matters.

The Real Estate Paralegal will work closely with attorneys, clients, lenders, title companies, surveyors, and other transaction parties to help move commercial and residential real estate transactions efficiently from due diligence through closing and post-closing. This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to a high-performing legal team with strong professional standards, supportive leadership, and meaningful exposure to complex real estate transactions.

Key Responsibilities

- Assist with preparing, reviewing, and organizing closing documents for commercial and residential real estate purchase, sale, and financing transactions.
- Coordinate real estate closings by maintaining closing checklists, preparing signature page packages, reviewing settlement statements, and communicating with transaction parties.
- Order, review, and analyze title commitments, title exceptions, surveys, zoning reports, UCC searches, judgment searches, lien searches, and related due diligence materials.
- Prepare title and survey objection letters, title and survey memoranda, escrow closing letters, lease abstracts, and related transaction documentation.
- Manage document filing and recording processes, prepare closing binders, and assist with post-closing follow-up and issue resolution.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $100,000 to $120,000 per year.
- Direct hire opportunity.
- Location: Miami, FL.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Support complex commercial and residential real estate purchase, sale, loan, and closing transactions.
- Coordinate closings, due diligence, title review, survey review, recording, and post-closing deliverables.
- Prepare and review real estate closing documents, loan documents, UCC Financing Statements, objection letters, memoranda, and closing binders.
- Conduct lease reviews, prepare lease abstracts, and support zoning and governmental compliance analysis.

- Minimum of 5 years of experience working as a Real Estate Paralegal in a law firm.
- Strong experience with commercial real estate transactions is required.
- Advanced title and survey review skills, including the ability to identify exceptions, issues, and required follow-up.
- Experience ordering, reviewing, and abstracting UCC searches, judgment searches, lien searches, zoning reports, entity authority documents, good standing certificates, and estoppel letters.
- Strong technical skills and proficiency managing legal documents, closing checklists, and transaction files.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with attorneys, clients, lenders, title companies, and other transaction parties.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Professional judgment, follow-through, and the ability to work effectively in a team-based legal environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting complex commercial real estate transactions in a high-volume law firm environment.
- Familiarity with Florida real estate closing processes, title review, recording requirements, and local transaction practices.
- Experience with both commercial and residential real estate closings.
- Strong ability to anticipate transaction needs, track open items, and keep closings moving toward completion.

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