“Real Estate is the stuff of dreams, and there’s nothing more satisfying than helping people unlock that dream.”

Jeff McEvoy, founding partner of Home Surety Title and Escrow, is a dreamer. Twenty-five years ago his dream to start his own real estate law practice planted the seed of what we now know as our Real Producers partner, “Home Surety.” With locations in Memphis, Tennessee;  Southaven, Mississippi; and Jackson, Tennessee, Home Surety’s employees and six attorneys unlock dreams every day. Their team even includes several Spanish-speaking employees who are able to take Spanish-speaking clients and agents from contract to close. “It’s my dream to be a superhero, helping people unlock their dreams. I’ve done that for my family, my staff, and my community for my entire career.”

 As a child growing up in Chicago, Illinois, McEvoy idolized superheroes. “Just when you believe all hope is lost, that you’ll have to accept your fate, in swoops Superman, Spiderman, or my personal favorite, Captain America to save you and ultimately change your life by restoring your hope that there is goodness in this world.”

McEvoy’s family moved to Memphis when he was twelve, and though he still ‘Flies the W,’ when the Cubs win, Memphis became near and dear to his passion for helping people achieve homeownership. After graduating from CBHS, McEvoy earned his degree in political science at the University of Tennessee where he met his wife, Emily. Emily wears many hats in her role with Home Surety, but essentially serves as the team’s ‘den mother.’ Jeff and Emily married in 1986 and since Jeff couldn’t be a professional superhero, he did the next best thing, attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. 

Though his initial legal practice varied in scope, he knew practicing real estate was his ultimate calling, and after working for other attorneys, opened Home Surety in 2005. “When you’ve seen the market ups, downs, changes, crashes and surprises I have seen over my thirty-plus years of experience, you can better protect your clients. I’ve lived it, and that experience matters when our clients’ largest asset depends on it.”

Home Surety’s legal expertise and experience mean that they are able to issue-spot like no other and recognize the ultimate need to adapt in the market.  That is why they are continuously upgrading their technology and security to keep up with market fraud schemes and increase client comfort and efficiency. 

“Captain Surety is our new artificial intelligence ‘superhero’ who can answer questions about your file via text message any time of day or night in over 53 languages.”  Home Surety is able to remotely accept IDs and earnest money through an app, so no more driving checks across town.  They work with a third party to ensure wires and payoffs up to one million dollars. Home Surety became SOC-2 certified after the passage of Dodd-Frank, and its procedures remain at the forefront of wire and cyber security.   

“I adore working at Home Surety because my personal values are aligned with everything that’s most important to Jeff and Emily.  We ‘make the ball bounce higher,’ and strive to ‘enjoy the journey’ while ‘being the superhero’ to our clients, agents, lenders, and team. Those phrases are just a few of the values we hold dear at Home Surety” Stacy Montegut, Home Surety’s ‘superhero’ of Business Development says. Montegut works with Home Surety’s Tennessee agents to make sure their experience at Home Surety is absolutely stellar.  “We have a wonderful team at Home Surety.  Our experience makes it easy to talk to agents and lenders about why Home Surety should be their preferred closing attorney.”  

Jessica Crawford, Director of Business Development in Southaven, MS says, “We add a different value in the Mississippi market by making our attorneys available to agents who need legal expertise outside of the normal 9-5.” As a past educator herself, Crawford is passionate about the education Home Surety offers to agents which ultimately further protects buyers and sellers. 

McEvoy and his team are very passionate about protecting and promoting the real estate industry. MAAR awarded McEvoy the 2019 Affiliate of the Year, and he currently serves on the MAAR governmental affairs committee. The Tennessee Mortgage Bankers Association also recognized him in 2022 for his steadfast dedication to their organization. Mcevoy is currently TNMBA legislative co-chairman. Nationally, he is the Chairman of ALTA’s Title Industry Political Action Committee. “The national recognition and awards are an honor, of course, but it’s my ‘dash’ that matters, ”McEvoy says.

“There’s a poem about trying to figure out what to do with the dash between when you were born and your death. It’s not about numbers and volume. It’s really about if you can make a difference. Will I be looked upon one day as someone who helped do something good? I want to make sure that I am a superhero to everyone. I love working with people and making this industry better. That’s all part of my dash.” McEvoy is passionate about helping everyone achieve the dream of homeownership which led to his involvement with a national pilot, Convergence Memphis, a local non-profit connecting lenders, agents, investors, builders, and community and religious leaders with potential buyers who thought home ownership was otherwise impossible. 

“We are in the spotlight. There are many grants and programs that could assist in homeownership. Homeownership gives people hope and builds generational well-being. If the entire industry works together we can demonstrate to the nation how to build healthy communities.”

McEvoy is the sort of person that leaves a lasting impression on those he meets, as are Stacy Montegut, Jessica Crawford, and the other members of Home Surety Title & Escrow, LLC. Their emphasis on support, education, empowerment, and empathy makes them an excellent title company to work with and partner to have. McEvoy says, “Everyone in the Real Estate transaction has a dream no matter the size of the deal: the buyer, the seller, the agent, the lender, my staff and the community. Really good stuff to facilitate those dreams!”