Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws Update
First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
- What is a Written Binding Contract?
Frequently Asked Hotline Questions
Contract Issues on Foreclosed Properties
- Working with lenders as sellers
Foreclosures and Short Sales – Current Issues
Seller Financing
- Land contracts and purchase money mortgages
Legal Liability Update
- Recent case law from elsewhere around the country
2010 Achieve Conference
A Primer on Short Sales
DownloadAdministrative Fees: a New RESPA Risk?
- Discussion of Alabama
Busby decision
Calculating Commissions Based upon “Net Sale Price”
Electronic Transactions
- Use of electronic signatures
Ethics Proceedings and Litigation
- Local association defends professional standards process
2009 Broker Summit
Independent Contractor Status and the Michigan Business Tax
Broker Responsibility for the Actions of Salespersons
- Case law discussing broker’s liability for the acts of its agents
Brokerage Firm Organizational Issues
Risk Reduction Issues
- Various tools available to REALTORS® to reduce risk of lawsuits
Buyer’s Agency – Current Liability Issues
- Liability concerns for buyers’ agents
Dual Agency – A Refresher
Foreclosures & Short Sales: Selected Issues
Leases with Options
- Sellers and lease/options to purchase
Departing Agents – Current Listings and Pending Sales
Brokerage Firm Organizational Issues
- Creation of corporations by associate brokers and salespersons
State Transfer Tax Issues
- Exemption for declining values/Lake Forest decision
Recent Changes in Real Property Tax Law
- New filing deadlines/conditional principal residence exemptions/Toll Northville decision
Legal Liability Update
- Recent case law from elsewhere around the country
2008 Achieve Conference
Working in Teams
- Agents working and advertising together
Common Corporate Questions
- Association governance issues
Threats of Lawsuits
- Local associations defend professional standards process
2007-2008 Legal Update
Land Contracts/Leases with Options or Rights of First Refusal (sample forms coming soon)
Fraud: What It Is and How to Avoid It
- Discussion of Michigan cases involving real estate licensees accused of fraud
Dealing with FSBOs
- Role of buyer’s agent where seller is unrepresented (sample forms coming soon)
Foreclosure and Short Sales
Legal Liability Update
- Recent case law from elsewhere around the country
Mortgage Fraud Update
- Federal and Michigan criminal statutes; spotting potential trouble
Risk Reduction Revisited
- Various tools available to REALTORS® to reduce risk of lawsuits
Promotional Incentives – How Far Can You Go?
- Referral fees/Raffles, drawings and lotteries
Legal Liability Update
- Recent case law from elsewhere around the country