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REAL ESTATE EDUCATION

RESA offer 3 Hour continuing education for the real estate community.  We offer the following classes:

PRACTICAL STEPS TO REDUCED LIABILITY ON SHORT SALES & FORECLOSURES - 3 Hours Credit “Disclosure” (ADRE #C0341)

This class explores practical tools for dealing with the real world liability of working with Short Sales and Foreclosures. We unveil the most recent NAR Homebuyer’s survey exposing what Buyer’s want most from their agents and how this can reduce your liability. We also discuss insider tips on safely referring the best Home Inspectors and other risk management team members.

 

þ Introduction to the “New Normal”

þ Unveiling what buyers want MOST according to NAR Survey

þ Knowing what buyers want MOST helps sales and reduces liability

þ How to deal with the Ethical & Professional Disclosure Requirements

þ 5 Secrets for reducing YOUR liability on Short Sales & Foreclosure

þ Filling in the pieces of the missing SPDS

þ How the common physical characteristics of Short Sales and Foreclosures cause liability

þ How to assemble the best Risk Management Team

þ What your home inspector doesn’t have to do will surprise you!

þ Insider tips on dealing with Mold and other Environmental Issues

þ Insider secrets on working with Contractors

 

 

SURVIVING FORECLOSURE/VACANT HOME DISCLOSURE & REPAIR  - 3 Hours Credit “Disclosure” (ADRE #C9754)

 

This class deals with understanding the special liability risks that Foreclosures and Vacant homes pose to the Real Estate profession. We discuss what to look for during the preview that may help your buyer make a better informed decision. We discuss special tools for extracting disclosure from even the most stubborn sellers/banks.

 

þ How to deal with the Ethical & Professional Disclosure Requirements

þ Using Real Estate Standards to reduce YOUR liability on Foreclosures & Vacant Homes

þ Overcoming the missing SPDS- How to get the missing information

þ What kind of damage occurs and why it happen to Foreclosed/Vacant Homes

þ How to assemble the best Risk Management Team

þ Insider tips on dealing with Mold and other Environmental Issues

þ Insider secrets on Getting Repair Bids & Saving Money

 

 

SAVING MONEY AND TIME THROUGH DISCLOSURE - 3 Hours Credit “Disclosure” (ADRE #C9517)

 

This class looks at Disclosure as positive means for selling the home. In this market of “Non-Disclosure”, we discuss how to set a listing apart from the rest by fully understanding and using the disclosure requirements. This class equips agents with tips on spotting problems early on in the process, saving both time and money.

 

þ Disclosure is a Multi-function tool that can save you both Time & Money

þ What to know about Agent’s Responsibility for “Reasonably Obvious Defects”

þ Overcoming Missing SPDS on Foreclosed/Vacant homes and Reducing Liability

þ Overcoming Mold Issues and Reducing Liability

þ Putting your Inspecting team together: “The Best Agents have the Best Team”

þ The Inside Scoop of What happens to Foreclosed/Vacant Homes over time

þ Using Disclosure to Supercharge your Marketing & Other Effective marketing tool

 

 

MOLD INVESTIGATION, DISCLOSURE AND LAW - 3 Hours Credit “Legal Issues” (ADRE #C6541)

This class specializes in how Mold and other Environmental Concerns can derail the buy/sell transaction. We discuss methods to ensure the buyer/seller does not overreact to environmental issues.

 

þ De-mystifying the risks behind Foreclosed Homes

þ Overcoming specials risks posed by Short Sales

þ Methods of Protecting You/Client

þ Overcoming the missing SPDS

þ What kind of damage occurs and why it happen to Foreclosed/Vacant/Short Sale Homes

þ How to assemble the best Risk Management Team

þ Insider tips on dealing with Mold and other Environmental Issues

þ Insider secrets on Getting Repair Bids & Saving Money

 

RESA also offers 1 Hour Lunch-&-Learn education (non-credit). We offer the following classes:

From Foreclosure to Fabulous

How the Green Movement can set your listings above the rest

What happens to Vacant Homes- Why they get damaged

How to protect your listing from Water Damage

What to do if you discover MOLD

Using Disclosure as a Marketing Boom!!!

About the Instructor:

David Gilpatrick

 

David Gilpatrick has owned and operated companies specializing in the real estate market for 17 years.  His unique understanding of residential and commercial real estate and construction dates back twenty years to his days as a design and development expert for several architectural firms and builders in the Valley.  He continues forward to the present day where he provides in-depth training and consulting to real estate agents throughout Arizona, Colorado and California.

 

David currently teaches real estate agents continuing education courses in the subjects of Disclosure, Risk Management, General Home and Environmental Inspections and most recently the unique Disclosure and Liability issues of Foreclosed Properties.  He is also a GRI instructor for the Environmental Ethics module 311. 

 

He has also been very involved in educating home inspectors on Advanced Water Incursion Inspection Techniques, Risk Management and Liability Reduction.  And he provides litigation support as an expert witness in the defense of home inspectors and real estate professionals entangled in law suites.

 

As a Certified Environmental Consultant, General Contractor and with a degree in Architecture, David brings a wealth of experience to each of the businesses he has owned or operated.  David is the Founder and President of Residential Environmental Services of America Inc (RESA), in Arizona and Director of Field Operations and Vice President of RESA in Colorado.  RESA was founded in 2001 and works almost exclusively with real estate agents to deliver a non-threatening, non alarmist and cost affective way to investigate water damage and provide environmental sampling including mold analysis for residential and commercial properties.

 

David can be reached at:

 

Residential Environmental Services of America Inc.

Phone: 602-230-9500

Fax:     480-834-4646

 

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