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Overview
Updates and Best Practices in Contract Drafting and Negotiations, Title, Financing, and More
Don't let outdated knowledge put your clients at a disadvantage! In this online seminar, seasoned faculty will provide you with the latest, state-specific insights on purchase and sale agreements, leases, financing, title, and more. Receive thoughtful strategies for tackling pressing issues in your practice, and get prepared to handle new ones as new technologies and financial pains bring fresh challenges. Represent today's and tomorrow's clients with confidence - register today!
- Catch up with new legislation, cases, and market trends that impact your practice.
- Take a deeper dive into the most heavily-negotiated purchase and sale contract provisions.
- Review new drafting and negotiation considerations for leases.
- Learn what's changed - and changing - in the world of real estate financing.
- Dig into survey and title legal updates, standards, and forms.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Washington Real Estate Law Updates
- Real Estate Contracts and Due Diligence 2023
- Modern Real Estate Leases
- Financing and Loan Agreements
- Handling Title Issues
- Legal Ethics for Real Estate Attorneys
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington CLE |
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6 Total | 12-06-2028 |
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Agenda
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Washington Real Estate Law Updates
- Legislative Updates
- Biggest Cases of the Past Year
- Residential and Commercial Real Estate Market Updates
- Hot-Button Issues and Trends
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Real Estate Contracts and Due Diligence 2023
- Letters of Intent: Nonbinding and Binding
- Modern Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Negotiating Key Provisions: Due Diligence Period, Reps and Warranties, Covenants, and Closing Conditions
- Purchase Contract Dispute Trends and Developments
- Developments in Disclosure Lawsuits
- Current Due Diligence Standards
- Checklist Guide to Real Estate Due Diligence
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Modern Real Estate Leases
- Landlord-Tenant Law Updates
- New Negotiation and Drafting Considerations
- Top Lease Mistakes to Avoid Right Now
- Issues With Specialty Leases (Cannabis, Short-Term Rentals, etc.)
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Financing and Loan Agreements
- Changes and Hot Topics in Real Estate Finance
- Best Finance Options and Loans
- Underwriting and Due Diligence: What Lenders Are Currently Looking for
- Loan Document Provisions Buyers and Lenders Are Talking About Right Now
- Negotiation Tips
- Recourse vs. Non-Recourse; Guarantees
- New Tech, New Legal Issues: E-Signatures, RON, Wire Fraud, and More
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Handling Title Issues
- Title Law Updates
- Updated Survey Standards and Title Policy Forms
- Title Search and Examination Best Practices
- Title Commitments and Exceptions
- Surveys and Legal Descriptions
- Resolving Title Defects
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Legal Ethics for Real Estate Attorneys
- Conflicts of Interest in Real Estate Transactions
- Wearing Multiple Hats: Attorney, Real Estate Agent, Escrow Agent, Title Agent, Closing Agent
- Compensation
- Client Confidentiality
- Disclosure of Defects in Property
- Ethics Opinions on Transactional Matters
Who Should Attend
This intermediate level online seminar is designed for attorneys. Real estate professionals, title insurance professionals, lenders, and paralegals may also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Imants F. Holmquist
is an attorney with the law firm of Holmquist + Gardiner, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of commercial transactions and general business law. Mr. Holmquist regularly represents clients in real estate matters ranging from development to commercial and residential purchase and sale agreements. He earned his B.S. degree in international studies from the University of Washington and his J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law. Mr. Holmquist is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.
Speaker bio
Lawrence S. Glosser
is a partner with Ahlers Cressman & Sleight PLLC. He is thoroughly familiar with all aspects of real estate transactions and financing. Mr. Glosser brings his past entrepreneurial experience to the practice of law, enabling him to understand both the legal and business issues presented in each transaction. He assists clients with understanding and evaluating legal issues associated with real estate and business transactions, enabling clients to analyze risk, and make informed business decisions. Mr. Glosser graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Washington and before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington.
Speaker bio
Eric M. Steven
is a sole practitioner in Spokane, with a practice emphasis in the area of landlord-tenant relations and housing. He practices in both state and federal courts in all Washington counties east of the Cascades and in northern Idaho. Mr. Steven litigates landlord/tenant cases involving eviction, ejectment, commercial litigation, fair housing claims, and a variety of other landlord-tenant issues. He is one of the few attorneys in Washington to actually defend a fair housing case in a federal court jury trial. Mr. Steven is acting counsel for numerous property owners, landlords, management companies, mobile home parks, subsidized housing providers, and the Spokane Housing Authority. He is active in legislative reform and advisory counsel for the Washington Apartment Association. Mr. Steven earned his B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. degree from Gonzaga University School of Law. As a licensed instructor in real estate, he frequently lectures to attorneys, property managers, law enforcement, and owners at continuing legal education programs. He is the author of From Landlord/Tenant to Debt Collector/Consumer and Back Again, Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 35, 1999-2000, No 2., and most recently A Comparison of Residential Tenancies in Idaho and Washington State (2013), now available on the internet, publication pending. For the last several years, Mr. Steven has been an invited speaker at the Trends conference in Seattle, Washington, the northwest's largest rental housing management conference. As one of the most highly evaluated CLE instructors statewide in 2003, he was selected by the Washington State Bar Association to speak in the WSBA Encore "Best of CLE" series. In 2012, Mr. Steven was an invited speaker at the Washington State Bar Real Property Section year-end meeting. He is a member of the Washington State, Idaho, Spokane County, Federal, and Eastern District of Washington Bankruptcy bar associations.
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