We offer a variety of attorney taught Continuing Education classes designed to deliver cutting-edge information on the real estate market.
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Current Classes
The Closing Agent is currently offering the following CE Courses.
Contracts 101
Course Description
- Requirements for sellers, buyers, and agents under the FR/BAR Contract.
- Timelines, document delivery, escrow requirements, and other contractual obligations.
- Being best prepared as a Listing or Selling Agent.
- Contract considerations regarding escrow disputes.
- Provisions within the sales contract relevant to attempting or avoiding contract cancellation.
- New contract financing contingency pitfalls and how to resolve them.
- Sample addenda.
- FARBAR timeline forms.
Types of Agency
Course Description
- An overview of the processes involved in taking the role of listing agent, buyer’s agent, or transaction agent.
- A review of the commission implications of each type of agency.
- A review of agency disclosure requirements.
- A review of the fiduciary duties owed to a buyer or seller in each type of agency relationship.
- A brief overview of Florida Agency Law.
FIRPTA/1031 Exchanges/Investment Properties
Course Description
- Taxation of a seller under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act.
- Which persons and properties are subject to FIRPTA withholding?
- What are the exceptions to FIRPTA?
- 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges.
- Timelines, requirements, and considerations for 1031 investing.
- A review of tax certificates and tax deed sales.
- Homestead exemptions.
- Each attendee will receive the publication Section 1031: Tax Deferred Exchanges In A Nutshell.
Title 101: How to Review a Title Commitment
Course Description
- Discussion regarding wild mortgages, defective deeds, legal description defects, and vesting errors.
- An overview of the effects of judgments and liens on the buying and selling processes.
- Information regarding title commitments, payoffs, lispendens, estoppels, municipal lien searches, surveys, and permitting along with the effects each can have on a real estate transaction.
- Avoiding earnest money deposit forfeiture: A review of financing contingency clauses and vital dates.
- An examination of trust vesting and corporate requirements for both buyers and sellers.
Surveys
Course Description
- Information on how to read a survey.
- Steps to take when there are encroachments that could affect the sale of the property.
- When to object to a survey defect.
- Discussion regarding easements of record.
- Different types of easements and their implications.
- A discussion of different types of legal descriptions.
FR/BAR Addenda
Course Description
- Taxation of a seller under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act.
- Which persons and properties are subject to FIRPTA withholding?
- What are the exceptions to FIRPTA?
- 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges.
- Timelines, requirements and considerations for 1031 investing.
- A review of tax certificates and tax deed sales.
- Homestead exemptions.
- Each attendee will receive Section 1031: Tax Deferred Exchanges In A Nutshell.
Probate/Trusts/Title Vesting
Course Description
- An examination of the different types of probate:
• Summary Administration
• Formal Administration
• Ancillary Administration - A review of handling homestead versus non-homestead property.
- Discussion of the cost and time it takes to administer a probate and who is authorized to sign the listing agreement and contract.
- The process for approving the sale of property with the Court.
- Avoiding probate by strategic titling of real property.
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