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Residential Real Estate Closing Workshop

February 09, 2022


Learn the basics of conducting a real estate closing from start to finish, including what ethical traps closing attorneys must avoid. We’ll start from the beginning by discussing how to open a file and engage a client. Next, we’ll review the latest ethical rules for real estate transactions, from Buyers Service to Quicken, and everything in between. Then we go through the basics of reviewing title and preparing a title commitment and other documents for the closing. Finally, we’ll run through a mock closing, complete with a couple joke suggestions!

Seminar Highlights OR What attendees will learn/take away:

  • Real estate client intake procedures.
  • Real estate attorney ethics considerations.
  • Title review basics.
  • Preparing for and conducting the closing.

Who Should Attend:

  • Closing attorneys
  • Real estate paralegals

 

This seminar is a basic to intermediate level program.

 

This program qualifies for 6 MCLE credit hours and 1 LEPR credit hour.

SC Supreme Commission on CLE Course #221284

 

 

 

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Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket
$0.00
Member Registration
$250.00
Non Member Registration
$250.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal
$125.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At
Gary Ziegler
Chicago Title Insurance Co.  -
J. Pamela Price
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC  -
Teri Callen
Chicago Title Insurance Co.  -

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

 

Real Estate Closing Workshop

A residential real estate closing from start to finish, from the engagement letter to the audit

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

 

This program qualifies for 6 MCLE credit hours and 1 LEPR credit hour.

SC Supreme Commission on CLE Course #221284

 

 

Program Agenda

 

 

8:30 a.m.          

Registration

 

8:55 a.m.           

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.           

Getting your ducks in a row 
 Open file, client intake, engagement letter, Agreement Retainer

9:45 a.m.          

Ethical Pitfalls in Real Estate

10:45 a.m.       

Break

11:00 a.m.       

Reviewing Title- Where do you even begin?

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

1:15 p.m.          

Reviewing Title- There is more?

2:15 p.m.          

Settlement Statement
Closing disclosure-Sellers’s statement/Buyers Statement, HUD-1, Cash closings

3:15 p.m.          

Break

3:30 p.m.          

Mock Closing

4:15 p.m.          

Post-Closing

4:45 p.m.          

Adjourn

 

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