1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Mortgage Payoffs: The Top Fraud Threat Facing Real Estate Attorneys Today
New data reveals that mortgage payoff fraud is our industry's top source of fraud loss. And while buyer and seller fraud stories have caught the attention of mainstream media, mortgage payoff and check fraud have gone under the radar. In this session, Tyler Adams, CEO and co-founder at CertifID, will delve into payoff and check fraud, share incidents and their subsequent response plans, and present a comprehensive protection strategy you can apply to your business.
- Learn the reasons why your payments are becoming prime targets for fraudsters.
- Understand the intricate details of how these fraudulent schemes are executed and how they are continually evolving.
- Develop a set of proven preventive measures that you can implement.
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2:00 PM - 2:50 PM |
The Corporate Transparency Act: How Will It Affect Your Practice?
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is one of the more substantial changes to corporate practice of the last decade. But unlike some prior corporate laws, the CTA focuses on small businesses and the people who form and manage these small businesses, including professionals who form them. Properly managed, the CTA should be no more than a speed bump for some practices. But if poorly managed, the CTA can become problematic. This presentation teaches what the CTA is, how it operates, and what you can do to minimize its impact on your practice.
- Learn what the Corporate Transparency Act is and what it covers.
- Understand how the Corporate Transparency Act works in practical terms.
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2:50 PM - 3:15 PM |
Break
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3:15 PM - 3:30 PM |
President's Welcome Remarks
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Don’t Take Access for Granted – Determinations of Access and Insuring Access Easements
The right of access to a public road is a covered risk under a title insurance policy, but the particular means of reaching this access and the quality of access are not covered. This presentation will address the team effort required between the Fund Member title agent and insurer to assess limitations to access that may exist especially when access easements are involved.
- Define access as a covered risk under the policy jackets and the extent of coverage for this issue.
- Understand your duties as an agent in evaluating the sufficiency of access.
- Review of the process required to ensure access easements.
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4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
FIRPTA Made Easier
This program will demystify FIRPTA while showing how to make the application of FIRPTA simpler in every transaction. IRS forms can now be used for multiple purposes, which now makes the collection of key data easier and helps facilitate a determination if FIRPTA applies to the transaction. Understanding how best to use the forms and analyze the data is crucial for settlement agents dealing with FIRPTA’s withholding and reporting requirements.
- Hear The Fund’s resident expert on FIRPTA, Linda Monaco, speak on her favorite topic!
- Learn how to use and apply the IRS Form W-9 to determine if and how FIRPTA applies to a transaction.
- Understand how the real estate contract can be your best friend when FIRPTA turns difficult.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Title Teasers
This program is a presentation of factual circumstances received throughout the year by Fund Underwriting Counsel from Fund Members. A Fund Underwriting Counsel acts as moderator and presents title problems in a question-and-answer format, and our panel of experts, also Fund Underwriting Counsel, will discuss resolution and insurability of the specific title issue presented.
- Listen to our moderator and panel discuss title problems and resolutions that are supported by Fund Title Notes, Florida case law, and statutes.
- This program will enhance an attendee’s ability to perform title examinations and issue policies.
- Attendees can participate in this interactive program and have the opportunity to choose among multiple responses for the correct answer.
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