Concierge Title of Texas

>>preferred partner spotlight

By Dr. Kasia Suarez Photography By TresPiña Photography

CONCIERGE TITLE of Texas

A BOLD AND GRITTY GAMECHANGER

Mecca Davis-Dreisbach, owner of Concierge Title of Texas, LLC, is a gamechanger in the title and escrow services industry. She has a deep commitment to her team, company, and clients. Her love for service and helping others inspired her to change how a title company is run, focusing on the consumer rather than the bottom line.

Mecca grew up in Belton, Texas as a small-town girl with small-town values and big-time dreams. She was very committed to gymnastics and would be surprised to find how the discipline and focus she learned through gymnastics helped prepare her for the challenges of being a business owner decades later. Gymnastics taught her strength and the benefits of a disciplined lifestyle. She learned to push herself and how to compete as a team. She says it helped make her tough and gritty.

After graduating from Texas A&M University, she moved to Austin, where she started her career in title insurance. Eighteen years ago, she joked that she would work in title until she figured out what her real job would be. She had helped build a couple of title companies in the past and had gained invaluable experience. She had worked in almost every role during the process, and it helped her develop a deep understanding of each aspect.

Her husband, Scott, was a professional football player who had a successful career. She had taken a brief break from working, but Mecca realized it was the perfect time to jump back into the title industry when Scott retired. Believing that she was bringing a fresh perspective and unique model to an otherwise standard industry, Mecca took a leap of faith in April 2018 and started her own company, Concierge Title of Texas, LLC.

She had a vision to serve clients across the entire state of Texas with a consumer-based product. She knew from experience that title companies claim to charge the same amount as competitors, but that was only half of the truth. Mecca knew that in Texas, the title premium is state-regulated, meaning all title companies have to charge the same amount for endorsement and title premiums. However, she also knew that the escrow, transit, and notary fees were not regulated. That was how she would provide a cost-saving advantage to the consumer.

She also created her business model with a mobile component, so agents could go to the client to close. This convenience added value to her customers, and they could easily see that working with Concierge Title of Texas would save them time and money. Many of the REALTORS®, lenders, and investors that Concierge Title worked with appreciated the convenience and cost savings for their clients.

Mecca set up a forward-thinking infrastructure in an industry with a reputation for being slow to change. Her competitors began following her example by hiring their own mobile notaries. Some customers worried that because Concierge Title was charging lower fees, they received lower-quality service. Mecca and her team had to help consumers overcome that misconception by showing them that her goal was to provide top-quality service at a more affordable rate. She provided concierge services as a courtesy, rather than overcharging clients for service fees.

Because of her supportive husband, who helped with duties at home, Mecca has been able to fulfill her passion for helping women, especially women in business. She knows how difficult it can be to balance business and family. She is very supportive of employees who prefer to work from home. She shared that she is passionate about recruiting escrow officers who are busy wives and mothers and need to get out of the office in order to create a good worklife balance.

It is important to Mecca to promote culture and community at Concierge Title of Texas and an environment where people can have a little fun. She believes these are components of success in life and business. She wants the team to grow in-depth and in their reach into the community.

“Title can be a bit boring,” Mecca smiled. “What makes it fun is the people. From the excitement shown by first-time homebuyers to the folks getting a home equity loan to send their kids to college or make home renovations. These transactions are built around people’s lives and the fun stories behind them.”

Mecca and Scott’s son Davis is in high school, and their daughter Ara is in elementary school. They all share a deep affinity for animals and love to assist with animal rescue. They can often be found doing something to better the life of a furry friend. They have four dogs, seven cats, and over 100 exotic animals at their ranch. They have two antelopes, nearly extinct in the wild, and are trying to help rebuild the population.

With the drive, grit, and guts that Mecca has, it’s no surprise that she has received underwriter awards for being a top producing agent. In less than four years, Concierge Title has already made their underwriters’ lists of top 25 remitting agents in Texas! Although she stays busy with work, family, and her love of animals, you will rarely find her without a smile on her face. Her life motto may be, “Above all, make sure to have fun!” She believes that life is too short not to enjoy it, and she tries to make each ordinary day special.

Mecca shared a misconception among potential and new business owners that you must know everything, but that is just not true. First, she explained, you need the guts to do it. Second, you need to take a leap of faith. Success is 90% preparation and 10% execution. She said that the people you surround yourself with can help determine your success and added that she has been able to achieve balance because she has a good partner, and without him, this would have been impossible.

“You can’t have all the scenarios planned out,” the successful entrepreneur shared wisely, “because things will go wrong. You need to be able to pivot and have smarter people around you to help you move past the things that go wrong. My intention is to build an empire around our consumer-driven product; the more people we can help, the better!” Then, with a twinkle in her eye, Mecca added, “Well-behaved women never make history.”