Michigan Association of Realtors

 

 

From MAR 2010 Convention & Expo

- Legal Liability Update
- Frequently Asked Questions About
- Earnest Money Deposits
- Flopping: Some of The Issues
- Anti?Kickback and Unearned Fee Provisions of RESPA Update
- Seller Financing and The Michigan Originator Act Update
- Silent Fraud and The Duty To Disclosure
- Dual Agency

 

From MAR 2011 Achieve Conference

- New FTC Regulation Of “Mortgage Assistance Relief Services”     Providers
- Commercial Broker’s Lien Law The Nuts And Bolts
- Partial Satisfaction And Release Of Lien
- Legal Challenges To Arbitration Hearings – The Law Is On Your Side
- Electronic Governance
- A Footnote On The Code Of Ethics And Arbitration Manual
- Addendum To Buy And Sell Agreement
- Administrative Fees And Respa–yet Another Update
- Respa And Home Warranty Programs–an Update
- Agency Disclosure Act Updates

 

 

 2010 Broker Summit
Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws Update
First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
        - What is a Written Binding Contract?
Frequently Asked Hotline Questions

 

2010 Achieve Conference
A Primer on Short Sales Download
Administrative 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