Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.

“Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.” is a core task performed by Real Estate Sales Agents. Among the occupation's 33 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#19 most important). About 71% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Gather information from physical or electronic sources. in Getting Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration. · importance 4.9
• Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases. · importance 4.9
• Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other. · importance 4.8
• Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates. · importance 4.7
• Generate lists of properties that are compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources. · importance 4.7
• Promote sales of properties through advertisements, open houses, and participation in multiple listing services. · importance 4.6
• Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price. · importance 4.6
• Coordinate property closings, overseeing signing of documents and disbursement of funds. · importance 4.6
• Interview clients to determine what kinds of properties they are seeking. · importance 4.4
• Contact previous clients for prospecting of referral business. · importance 4.4
• Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions, seminars, and staff and association meetings, to remain knowledgeable about real estate markets. · importance 4.3
• Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers. · importance 4.3
• Answer clients' questions regarding construction work, financing, maintenance, repairs, and appraisals. · importance 4.3
• Advise sellers on how to make homes more appealing to potential buyers. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Real Estate Sales Agents page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-2451}
}