Create professional development programs that help REALTORS® strengthen their businesses.
Protect private property rights and promote the value of REALTORS®.
Advance ethics enforcement programs that increase REALTOR® professionalism.
Protect REALTORS® by providing legal guidance and education.
Stay current on industry issues with daily news from Illinois REALTORS®, network with other professionals, attend a seminar, and keep up with industry trends through events throughout the year.
Instructor: Lisa Smoot
Location: Chicago-area • Glen Carbon
Start Date: Mar 18, 2019 • End Date: Mar 18, 2019
Credit Hours: 3 - Core B
Registration Information
Greater Gateway Association of REALTORS®
[email protected] or 618-692-8300
Course Description
This course will cover legal issues of concern to real estate professionals in today’s marketplace. The main focus will be to identify some those areas that pose particular or increased potential of risk to real estate practitioners and some suggestions for reducing, removing or transferring those risks from their practices. Current topics for discussion include legal issues such as agency, physical property disclosure requirements, property management, office policies and other topical legal issues like federal enforcement actions regarding the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). This course will examine brokers’ legal duties and requirements while taking a close look at best practices that can be combined with risk management and transfer tools to ask brokers to be compliant and successful in the marketplace. Timely matters for discussion include threats to business such as cybercrime, enforcement actions and under RESPA, litigation and failure to meet legal obligations.
