A system to monitor and provide alerts of events affecting title of real estate includes a remote computer of a user, a GUI installed on the remote computer of the user, a data source, and a transmission server configured to receive title event data from the data source over a communications network pursuant to a transmission schedule. The transmission server includes a microprocessor configured to filter the received title event data for title event data for the selected piece of real estate, generate a title event alert from the filtered data that contains the identity of the selected piece of real estate and a description of the filtered title event data for the selected piece of real estate, format the title event alert into data blocks according to the information format, and transmit the formatted title event alert over the communications network to the remote computer.