WHEN: Thursday | October 8, 2020 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

WHERE: Online, hosted through Zoom

WHY: Join us every second and fourth Thursday for our DMAR-Wide Virtual Connect Meeting. No matter which District you belong to - North, South/East, Central, West or Douglas Elbert - everyone is invited to join us and connect! Second Thursdays will feature guest speakers and fourth Thursdays will feature Industry Partner introductions.

Our speaker will be Maggy Andrews, Business Relationship Manager at REcolorado, with several updates.

All members are encouraged to attend. No RSVP is necessary.

WHEN: Tuesday | October 6, 2020 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

WHERE: Online

WHY: The Colorado Real Estate Commission requires all real estate licensees to complete a Commission Update course annually. The current 2020 Commission Update class will provide you with the latest information on legislation and regulations.

INSTRUCTOR: Barb Ecker

CE CREDITS: 4- You must have video capability and have it on during the class to get CE credit.

PRICE: REALTOR® Member $40 | Non-REALTOR® $60

CLASS POLICIES: You must cancel 24 hours in advance to receive a refund less $10 in service fees. If you choose to transfer to another class, you will be charged a $10 transfer fee. You must attend the entire class to receive your Colorado Continuing Education Credits.

Join our virtual classroom for your annual update from the Colorado Real Estate Commission. This mandatory course offers the latest updates for colorado real estate agents and provides you with information surrounding property disclosure issues, wire fraud, firpta and more.

Cost - $35

The class examines the process of selling or buying real estate owned by an estate. We will review the probate process and related issues where real estate is owned by an estate or trust. We will also review the special requirements and additional documents involved in the closing process.

This class comes with 1 free CE Credit.

The new normal is now all about working remotely. In this class, we will give you some of the best tips, tools, and practices on how to remain productive and to be successful when working from home, the beach, or anywhere that isn’t your typical office setting.

I have written many times about Metro Districts and their impact on housing affordability and the danger they may pose to homeowners in the years and decades to come. But, many of you told me that wasn’t enough and that I should create and teach a class on Metro Districts. My new class is done and I have titled it “How to Protect Your Clients from Metro Districts."

Here is what you will learn:

- What are Metro Districts and why we have them in Colorado?
- How developers and builders secretly control Metro Districts.
- The types of debt Metro Districts issue and the staggering amount of debt that has been authorized and issued by Metro Districts that homeowners are required to pay for decades to come.
- The most dangerous type of debt issued by Metro Distrcts.
- How Metro Districts impact consumers’ property tax bills.
- What should the State do about Metro Districts?
- What should homebuyers do to protect themselves?
- The website you and your clients NEED to review before purchasing a home.

We will examine some of the most frequent types of contract disputes and offer guidance on how to avoid them in the first place. We will also cover the process to recover earnest money after a contract breach.

Selling with seller finance can involve a myriad of structures, from a straight owner carry loan, to wrap deeds of trust, contract for deed, and lease options. This class will focus on the advanced structures of "subject to" wraps, and contract for deed.

For attorneys who are licensed at any BAR, VanEd provides the required 12-credit hour program. We include additional course material, text and Exam Prep for free to prepare you for both parts of the Colorado real estate licensing exam. Includes Contracts & Regulations - recommended for those who are unfamiliar with Colorado contracts, which are tested on the state exam.

COURSES IN THIS PACKAGE

-COLORADO CONTRACTS & REGULATIONS
- COLORADO CLOSINGS
- COLORADO RECORD KEEPING & TRUST ACCOUNTS
- REAL ESTATE LICENSE EXAM PREP (GENERAL)
- COLORADO REAL ESTATE EXAM PREP

Cost - $188
Credits - 32

For attorneys who are licensed at any BAR, VanEd provides the required 12-credit hour program. We include additional course material, text and Exam Prep for free to prepare you for both parts of the Colorado real estate licensing exam.

COURSES IN THIS PACKAGE
- COLORADO CLOSINGS
- COLORADO RECORD KEEPING & TRUST ACCOUNTS
- REAL ESTATE LICENSE EXAM PREP (GENERAL)
- COLORADO REAL ESTATE EXAM PREP

Discount Price - $150
Credit - 32 Hours

Learn what you need to know about a Short Sale transaction and the responsibilities of the Agents.

» Review the Short Sale Timeline to get an understanding of the difference in time frame from a traditional sale.

» Compare the Short Sale Timeline to the Colorado Foreclosure Timeline and learn what must be done to prevent foreclosure.

» Explain what both Agent’s roles are in the transaction.

» Learn why banks do Short Sales in lieu of foreclosing.

» Common Seller questions and how to answer them.

» What due diligence you must do before listing the property.

» What required documentation do you need to complete a Short Sale.

» How to write a Short Sale Contract and Short Sale Addendum.

» How to review a Short Sale Approval Letter.

» What additional closing documentation do Short Sales need.


PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/short-sales-101hosted-by-homestead-title-2-ce-credits-tickets-118203438667

What options do Homeowners have when they are faced with financial uncertainty?

This class was specifically designed to guide agents on how to assist homeowners that may be facing foreclosure. Most homeowners do not know their rights and how to navigate difficult times. This class will teach you how to professionally and legally guide your clients through the process of foreclosure.

» The Colorado foreclosure process from the perspective of the homeowner.

» What options do homeowners have when facing foreclosure.

» How can and can’t a real estate agent assist.

» What pitfalls do you need to avoid, as an agent.

If you are seeking to learn ways to assist your clients, please RSVP today!

PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7-options-for-distressed-homeowners-presented-by-homestead-title-tickets-118201801771

In this class, we discuss the rental profit and loss model, how to negotiate a good deal, how to increase cash flow, review the latest rent and vacancy trends by neighborhood and discuss any other rental-related questions you might have. This is a great chance to learn rental unit financials from an investor who owns 60+ units in Denver Metro.

This class has 1 CE credit.

Colorado joined dozens of other states to enact a Remote Online Notary “RON” law. These new closings will begin as early as January 2021. Join us to learn what a RON closing will look like and how you can market this service to buyers and sellers looking for the convenience of purely digital closings.

Attorney Bruce Peotter will be discussing the top ten reasons to have a living trust.

Some key questions that will be answered are:
• Does it matter who dies first?
• Who will take care of you when you can't do it yourself?
• Do we need to avoid probate?
• How can you keep the government out of your affairs?
• Who will be the guardian of your minor children if you die?

Learn about Real Estate Auctions and the many benefits to you, the broker, the buyer, and the seller. Auctions can act as one more tool in your toolbox.

- This is a 2 hour condensed version of our C.E. credit class.
- Discover what is a real estate auction & how you can use it in your business.
- How it benefits the Broker, Seller and Buyer.
- Factors that impact the success of an auction.
- How to move those hard to sell listings while generating more sales and revenue.
- How to earn equivalent commissions and NEVER lose another listing.
- How to create a market niche and build a HUGE buyers list.

With Auctions you keep your commission, your client sells on the day they choose, no negotiations, or haggling!

Designed for students needing review in the national or general real estate exam topics. This course is made up of review material and practice exams that will help prepare students to pass the national portion of the Colorado real estate licensing exam.

This is an advanced course designed for the experienced broker to teach the skills necessary to reduce risk in the site location process and to zero in on the best location for his or her retail client. This course is written from the perspective of a former Corporate Real Estate Director who worked from a custom Site Location Model for each of the brands, and how he converted those models into a simple system that can be customized for any retail client. The course will teach the skills used by Real Estate Directors for National Franchise Brands.

This course presents an overview on the basics of the Buyer/Tenant Broker’s role in the Office, Industrial, and Retail sectors as well as the purchase or leasing of land for construction. It provides the Broker with additional tools, better equipping him or her to represent his or her clients in those sectors. The Broker will be introduced to proven systems that reduce site risk for the brick-and-mortar retailer.

This class is designed to educate real estate agents on the current dangers that exist in our industry in regards to fraud. This class will review the following:

» Different Types of Fraud

» Social Engineering

» Fraud For Housing

» Fraud For Profit

» Suggestions On How To Become Proactive

» How To Not Be Reactive To The Growing Threat

If you want to learn about fraud prevention and recognition, join us online for class and please register online today!

Ever tried to explain to your buyer or seller the legal impact of all the various provisions in the standard buy and sell contract? This class examines each paragraph of the purchase and sale agreement, why the paragraph is in the contract, and what it really means for your buyer and seller. This class is perfect for agents needing a contract refresher, or for experienced agents that want to discover some short hand ways of explaining the contract provisions to their clients.

David Behr will lead the discussion and will cover:

• Goal setting strategies to finish the year strong
• Focus on what you can control
• Create a vision of success
• Power of consistency
• The Power of Now

The beginner class will go through how you can receive a FREE 30-day risk free trial, if you do not have a CTM account just yet. Agents will then learn how to find and sign up for training classes and/or webinars and being eligible to receive a 2-hour CE Credit by just taking a class. After, you will be shown how to log into your account, how to set up your account and go through the basic features such as the Main and Detailed dashboards while creating contracts.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.
To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

Clients always ask “how’s the market?” This class gives you specific talking points to sound like an expert. We also discuss how you can use the information for listing presentations, and for buyers that aren’t sure if “now is the time to trade up” or if they should wait until later. The goal is to present the information in a format so you can put it to use immediately – and close more deals. We’ll spend some time at the end on “where is the marketing going?” so you can discuss that as well.

This class comes with 1 free CE Credit.

Last year there were over 16,000 probate cases filed in Colorado! In most cases there is real property that must be sold. This class shows you how to obtain new probate filing information, identify the estate representative, and identify the property owned by the estate. Most investors pay subscription of search fees for this information. We’ll show you how you can get this information for FREE. This class will also teach you the basics of what’s needed to close a home being sold in probate so that you’re better equipped to help sellers navigate the process.

Our advanced class is more hands-on, so bring your laptop! You will learn how to create a Title Order through our system, how to make documents e-signable, and double end on a transaction. This class will also allow agents to ask any questions that they are still having trouble understanding.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.
To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

Our advanced class is more hands-on, so bring your laptop! You will learn how to create a Title Order through our system, how to make documents e-signable, and double end on a transaction. This class will also allow agents to ask any questions that they are still having trouble understanding.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.

To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

Our advanced class is more hands-on, so bring your laptop! You will learn how to create a Title Order through our system, how to make documents e-signable, and double end on a transaction. This class will also allow agents to ask any questions that they are still having trouble understanding.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.
To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

September 11, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Free

The intermediate class will go more in depth of each feature on the Main and Detailed dashboards. The instructor will also show you how to create a Contract to Buy using our Save Time feature. The Save Time feature will pull information from the Listing Contract you are writing an offer on, which will save a lot of time from having to input the information yourself. After, you will see how to integrate and the importance of each integration feature. Last but not least, you will get to learn how to upload outside sources into CTM such as lender letters, HOA Docs, etc.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.
To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

August 25, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Free

The intermediate class will go more in depth of each feature on the Main and Detailed dashboards. The instructor will also show you how to create a Contract to Buy using our Save Time feature. The Save Time feature will pull information from the Listing Contract you are writing an offer on, which will save a lot of time from having to input the information yourself. After, you will see how to integrate and the importance of each integration feature. Last but not least, you will get to learn how to upload outside sources into CTM such as lender letters, HOA Docs, etc.

For 2CE Credits, $20 payment required on class day.
To be eligible for CE credits, you must have not received CE Credit from CTM eContracts within the previous 12 months.

This class is designed to bring to light the many down payment assistance programs that exist on the front range. We will cover in detail, 17 different down payment assistant programs found on the front range as well as touch on others throughout the state. This class will review the following:

» Why They Exist

» Who Can Qualify

» Location of Where the Assistance is Offered

» The Structure

» Grant Funds

» Silent Seconds

» Tax Credits

If you want to learn about available down payment assistance programs and how they can benefit your clients, join us for class and please register online today!

This workshop will assist you in building your business in this increasing market segment: The Senior Market in 2020. We will review the following:

» How this product works for Purchase or Refinance

» FHA changes to Reverse Mortgages – Major Changes Update

» Why would a Senior chose a Reverse Mortgage

» 10,000 seniors are turning 65 every day – For the next 18 years!

This type of financial product has become a viable choice for Financial, Estate and Retirement Planning strategies. Join us for class and please register online today!

Our tight housing inventory demands superior contract drafting and negotiation skills. Whether you're submitting offers for your buyer, or managing multiples for your seller, there are many techniques to improve your bargaining position. Here are a few things we will cover:
• Seller Contingency Clauses for Replacement Home
• Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements to Help Your Seller
• Appraisal and Inspection Waivers (what you should and shouldn't do)
• Effective Contract Deadlines
• Buying homes through written back-ups
• Leveraging your listing with back-ups
• Using Specific Performance as default remedy
• Ins and Outs of Escalation Clauses
• Leveraging your lender's expertise to get offers accepted.
***Includes 2 FREE CE credits.