Program Chair and Presenter:
Mark C. Young
Attorney Mark C. Young
Milwaukee
Presenters:
Jennifer Lindsley
Wisconsin Realtors Association
Madsion
Cheryl A. Hipenbecker
Knight Barry Title, Inc.
Milwaukee
Scott J. Hutchison
Knight Barry Title, Inc.
Milwaukee
William T. Stuart
Stuart, Tokarz, Soberalski & Pollard LLC
Milwaukee
Duane H. Wunsch
Fidelity National Title Group
Brookfield
8:30 a.m. Contracts
- Listing contracts, agency agreements and for sale by owner
- Drafting the offer
- Contingencies
- Responding to an offer
- Amendments and notices
Jennifer Lindsley
9:30 p.m. Other Agreements
- Escrow agreements for repairs
- Agreements regarding taxes and assessments
- Joint wells
- Shared driveways
- Personal property
Mark C. Young
10:20 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. Legal Descriptions and Surveys
- Introduction to the 3 main types of legal descriptions (PLSS, metes and bounds, plats)
- Learn how to read a US Public Land Survey System (PLSS) legal description and a metes and bounds legal description
- Introduction to different survey types (ALTA/NSPS surveys, Plats of Survey
- Considerations when selecting a survey
- Reading surveys and identifying problems in a survey
Cheryl A. Hipenbecker
11:25 a.m. Easements
- Understanding and explaining easements
- Negotiating easements
- Drafting easements
- Will need coverage
William T. Stuart
12:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. Closings
- Checklists for buyers and sellers
- Preparation of closing documents
- Closing statements
- Conducting the closing
Scott J. Hutchison
2:15 p.m. Title Considerations
- Overview of title commitment and insurance
- Exceptions to coverage
- Liens and encumbrances
- Verification of title insurance
- Gap coverage
Duane H. Wunsch
3:05 p.m. Question and Answer
3:15 p.m. Program concludes
- Develop a working understanding of the residential transaction process, from listing through closing
- Learn how to spot common issues at every stage of the deal
- Improve your ability to communicate real estate concepts to your client clearly and accurately
- Leave with dozens of sample forms and closing checklists you can adapt and use in your own practice
- Determine whether residential real estate is a worthwhile addition to your practice
- Lawyers looking to add real estate to their practice
- Real estate lawyers seeking a refresher
- General practitioners
- Paralegals working in real estate practices
YLD Discount!
Young Lawyers Division members receive a $20 discount on tuition.* Discount applied automatically upon log-in.
*Young Lawyers Division Members are State Bar member attorneys 36 years of age or younger, or within five years of admission to the State Bar of Wisconsin. If you’ve opted out of YLD, you will not receive this discount. The $20 discount only applies to in-person, live webcast, and webcast replay versions of this seminar – not CLE OnDemand.. YLD members with Ultimate Passes, other CLE passes, or PINNACLE discounts are not eligible for this discount.
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Real Estate Transactions System
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