Product Details
This program will provide you with a real world guide to due diligence in real estate transactions - what information you need, where to get it, and the timeframes involved - depending on the type of transaction involved. The relationship between the duration and depth of due diligence and the state of the market - how hot markets involve more risk because sellers or others are reluctant to give lengthy diligence periods - will be discussed. The program will also discuss using information obtained in diligence to draft specific reps and warranties. This program will provide you with a real-world guide to planning due diligence in real estate transaction - essential information to obtain depending on the transaction involved and how to tie that information to the transaction's reps and warranties.
-Planning diligence - what information you need, where to get it, and timeframes
-Relationship between diligence and market conditions - willingness of sellers to cooperate or not
-Using diligence - tying information obtained to specific reps and warranties
-Review of leases, rent rolls, and financial statements
-Service contracts, condominium HOAs, and other contracts
-Title work - liens and other encumbrances
-Zoning, regulatory and tax issues
-Evidence of insurance
About the Speaker
John S. Hollyfield is of counsel and a former partner in the Houston office Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP. He has more than 40 years' experience in real estate law practice. He formerly served as chair of the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, president of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and chair of the Anglo-American Real Property Institute. He has been named a "Texas Super Lawyer" in Real Estate Law by Texas Monthly magazine and is listed in Who's Who in American Law. He is co-editor of Modern Banking and Lending Forms (4th Edition), published by Warren, Gorham & Lamont. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas and his LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Richard R. Goldberg is a retired partner, resident in the Philadelphia office of Ballard Spahr, LLP, where he established an extensive real estate practice, including development, financing, leasing, and acquisition. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president and associate general counsel of The Rouse Company for 23 years. He is past president of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, past chair of the Anglo-American Real Property Institute, and past chair of the International Council of Shopping Centers Law Conference. Mr. Goldberg is currently a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and is a member of the American Law Institute. Mr. Goldberg received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and his LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law.
Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 1.0 MCLE Credit Hour.
This seminar is an Intermediate level program.
Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2020, please use this course code: 201790ADT
Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2021, please use this course code: 213142ADT
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