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Provider:
Sterling Education Services, Inc.
Topic(s):
Real Estate
Full Seminar Description
Covers: Leases: An Ounce of Prevention; Landlord Liability for Problems with the Premises; Evictions: Excuses and Traps When Things Go Bad; Landlord-Tenant Mediation/Dispute Resolution; Green Building and Green Leases; Collections: Enforcing Your Judgment; Ethical Considerations in Landlord-Tenant Law. Fee per person: $359Landlord-Tenant Law (Including Collections)
AGENDA
I. Leases: An Ounce of Prevention- A. Tenant screening and qualifying – legally
- -- 1. Fair housing and discrimination laws
- -- 2. Background checks; fair credit reporting; rejecting applicants
- B. Plain language lease: essential pro-active and remedial lease provisions
- C. Security deposits and personal guarantees
- D. Late fees: how much is too much?
II. Landlord Liability for Problems with the Premises
- A. Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act: obligations and responsibilities
- B. Case Law updates landlord liability
- C. Physical defects on the premises
- D. Providing Security
- E. Liability for injury (lead paint, mold, radon, etc.)
- F. Other risk management issues
III. Evictions: Excuses and Traps When Things Go Bad
- A. Terminating the tenancy
- -- 1. Demands, notices, lockouts
- -- 2. Forcible entry and detainer
- -- 3. Other problems: ending the relationship
- -- 4. Local “tenant’s rights” ordinances
- B. Landlord and tenant actions
- -- 1. Jurisdiction and venue
- -- 2. The writ: preparation, entry and service
- -- 3. Discovery
- -- 4. The hearing; statutory defenses, and appeals
- -- 5. The writ of possession
- C. Landlord deposits
IV. Landlord-Tenant Mediation/Dispute Resolution
- A. Overview of ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
- B. Effective use of ADR in landlord/tenant cases: mediation; arbitration; collaborative law
V. Green Building and Green Leases
- A. Overview of green building and the rating systems, e.g. LEED®
- B. Green legislation affecting landlords and tenants
- C. Green lease agreements: considerations, incentives, operating costs, tenant improvements, operations, and maintenance
- D. Risks and rewards of green building for owners and tenants
VI. Collections: Enforcing Your Judgment
- A. What to do when a tenant or landlord files bankruptcy
- -- 1. Effect of a bankruptcy stay, lifting the automatic stay, regaining possession
- -- 2. Tenant’s duty to pay rent during the pending bankruptcy
- B. Considerations before pursuing judgment, should you even bother?
- -- 1. Obtain necessary information to collect judgment early in the rental process
- -- 2. Obtaining judgment: where to file - jurisdiction and venue issues and what to file - is small claims appropriate?
- C. Collecting on the judgment
- -- 1. Moving for periodic payments
- -- 2. Post judgment attachments and trustee process: Can you attach bank accounts or wages and other options
- -- 3. Skip tracing and use of investigators
VII. Ethical Considerations in Landlord-Tenant Law
- A. Negotiating with a pro se tenant at court
- B. Conflicts of interest, un-represented, dual representation
- C. Ethical situations, illegal immigrants
- D. Fee arrangements, getting paid
Sponsor Background:
Sterling Education Services Inc. continues a long tradition of continuing education programs first begun in Eau Claire Wisconsin in 1983, dedicated to furthering educational development within the United States through instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community. A hallmark of this tradition is Sterling's dedication to excellence in its relationships with those it serves: faculty members, attendees, and employees. We strive to be fair and easy to deal with at all levels, delivering excellent service and value on time, every time.Specifically, Sterling Education Services, Inc. offers seminars on timely topics relevant to succeeding in the constantly changing economic, legal, and cultural environment within which professionals, educators, governmental units and agencies, businesses, non-profit entities and individuals must operate today. Sterling Education Services brings its seminars to you, enlisting faculty members from among the most distinguished professionals in your area, who are experts in topics they are presenting.
You can attend a Sterling seminar in your own community, and learn what you need to know from people you know and respect, all at a reasonable fee. You will also receive hand-out materials that are permanently bound into a reference book that will be a valuable resource after the seminar. If attending a particular seminar that you need doesn't work for you, the seminars are also available on audio tape. We look forward to serving you.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Time: Registration begins at 8:00am
This seminar begins promptly at 8:30am and will end at 4:30pm.
There will be a one hour break for lunch (on your own)
Refund Policy: If you pre-register and are unable to attend the seminar, your registration is transferable; just notify us of your substitution before the seminar. Or, if you call us at least three days before the seminar, you may request one of the following:
- Full transferable credit to another seminar
- Send someone in your place
- A refund minus a $25 processing fee
- OR a CD and manual set
CREDIT
Please remember to bring your license number, ID or other necessary information to the seminar to ensure proper reporting of continuing education credit.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit and Real Estate Continuing Education Credit are available for many seminars and vary by location.
Sterling Education Services is registered with the National Association of State Boards
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