Remote TCs vs. Local TCs: Does Location Still Matter?
For most of the last decade, hiring a transaction coordinator meant finding someone local. Someone who understood your state's forms, knew your market's closing customs, could grab coffee with your listing attorney, and occasionally drop by the office. "Local" was synonymous with "competent" in a lot of agents' minds. In 2026, that mental model has broken. Remote TC has become the default — not because local doesn't matter anymore, but because location doesn't matter the way expertise does. Here's an honest look at what actually matters about location in the modern TC decision.
Will AI Replace Transaction Coordinators? The Honest Take
Let's not dance around it. If you're a working TC, you've thought about this. If you're an agent paying for TC services, you've wondered whether you should just buy an AI tool instead. And if you've been watching the news for the last two years, you've seen the headlines oscillate between "AI will eliminate every administrative job by 2028" and "humans are irreplaceable" — sometimes in the same week. The honest answer is more interesting than either extreme. The short version: AI is absolutely going to replace parts of the TC job — maybe most of the individual tasks. It is not going to replace the role itself.
Why Transaction Coordination Became a Must-Have After 2020
Five years ago, hiring a transaction coordinator was a luxury. A status symbol for top producers, a nice-to-have for high-volume teams, something you got around to once you were closing 30+ deals a year and could "finally afford it." That's no longer true. In 2026, transaction coordination is operational infrastructure — the kind of thing agents running a modern business simply have, the way they have a CRM or e-signature tools. The shift didn't happen gradually. It happened in a specific window, between roughly 2020 and 2024, and it was driven by forces that have permanently changed what the real estate transaction actually looks like.