Texas Office
The 1st Option Title Texas office serves clients throughout Texas from our Garland location, with title insurance, escrow, and closing services. We handle everything from straightforward residential closings to the investor, creative finance, and complex title transactions other companies turn away.
Our Texas team handles escrow, title, operations, marketing, and the creative-finance and investor transactions the DFW market is known for.
Escrow Officer
Carolina is a bilingual Title Escrow Officer who works with investors, real-estate professionals, and homeowners. She focuses on keeping transactions clear, efficient, and as stress-free as possible from contract through closing. Her approach emphasizes precision, proactive communication, problem solving, and resolving challenges before they become obstacles. She views escrow as a partnership built on trust, clarity, and results.
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Title Attorney
Tina's favorite part of her job is helping people achieve their dreams. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.
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Senior Escrow Officer / Manager
Sharon enjoys seeing how creative transactions can benefit the people involved. Her experience includes transactions in which sellers may avoid foreclosure and, in some situations, buy or rent properties back, as well as helping buyers who may not have been able to purchase through traditional mortgage financing. Outside of work, Sharon enjoys outdoor activities, traveling, spending time with family, and experiencing different cultures and traditions.
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Escrow Assistant
Gabriel is a Dallas, Texas native with more than 20 years of experience across real estate, title insurance, and hard-money lending. He earned his real-estate license in 2007 and has extensive experience working with investors, buyers, and sellers. He currently applies his industry knowledge and client-focused approach at Horne & Associates, PC, helping clients navigate complex transactions.
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Escrow Assistant
Kianalyn has worked in the escrow industry for four years and is passionate about helping transactions move smoothly toward closing. One of her favorite aspects of escrow is clearing title issues by identifying challenges, finding solutions, and helping clients navigate complicated situations. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, collecting rocks, trying new recipes, and taking her five children on adventures.
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Policy Administrator
Joshua brings more than 15 years of experience in troubleshooting, customer service, and technical skills. His work emphasizes accuracy, preventing problems before they occur, and helping make the home-buying and closing process easier for clients. Outside of work, he is active in ministry and enjoys spending time with his wife and family. He is also an enthusiastic coffee drinker.
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Managing Escrow Funder
I am a seasoned Funding Coordinator for DFW with over two and a half decades of extensive experience in customer service. My career journey has been marked by a deep commitment to providing exceptional service, an unwavering dedication to detail, and a proven ability to excel in complex financial operations. I am a dedicated and detail-oriented Funding Coordinator specializing in funding operations for DFW. My primary responsibilities encompass a wide range of financial tasks that are integral to the smooth functioning of our operations. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, including watching my grandkids play basketball and soccer.
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Marketing Manager
Berenice 'Bernie' Baeza serves as Marketing Manager. She holds a Marketing degree from UT Dallas and has experience across multiple industries, with a particularly strong background and interest in nonprofit work. Bernie believes in marketing's ability to inspire, foster connection, and bring people together. Outside of work, she enjoys pickleball and supporting causes important to her.
Full bioThe Texas office provides full-service title and escrow for residential, investor, commercial, and creative-finance transactions across Texas.
Double closings, assignments, wholesales, hard money, fix-and-flip, and owner-financed deals handled daily by a team that understands investor timelines.
Owner financing, seller financing, subject-to, and wraparound structures closed correctly, with the documentation and title work they require.
Title defects, liens, judgments, ownership complications, and probate matters resolved instead of assumed to be deal-breakers.
As storms affect communities across Texas and Arizona, 1st Option Title is sharing important information to help families stay safe, protect their homes, and navigate property damage and recovery. We're thinking of our neighbors and everyone affected.
Read Our Storm Safety & Recovery GuideNever trust wiring instructions sent by email without independent verification. Always call our office directly to confirm any wire instructions before sending funds. 1st Option Title will never change wiring instructions via email. For wire verification with the Texas office, call (972) 271-1700 ext. 100.
Talk to the Texas office team before assuming your deal can't close.