Day 1: Agenda
All times refer to the Eastern Time Zone.
Morning Classes
Ch. 7 – The Roles & Ethical Duties of the Closing Agent
Presenter: John B. “Jay” St. Lawrence
Afternoon Classes
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Ch. 9 – Getting Started
Description
The commencement of a real estate practice and the processing of new files can be bewildering to the inexperienced practitioner. To assist new agents, we present Getting Started to familiarize new title agents on what is needed to start a closing practice and the critical components and touch-points of opening a new file. Getting started means more than being appointed by a title insurance underwriter as an issuing agent, purchasing closing software, and obtaining errors & omissions insurance. It includes more mundane and practical concerns, including understanding your market, choosing a bank to hold your real estate trust account, and hiring needs and staffing concerns.
Kara Scott, Legal Education Attorney, Old Republic Title
Kara J. Scott is a native of Rhode Island and earned a degree in history from Rhode Island College in 1992 and her law degree from New England Law in Boston, MA, in 1995. She has been a member of the Rhode Island Bar since 1995 and became a member of the Florida Bar and the Connecticut Bar in 2006. Ms. Scott was a partner of a prestigious real estate firm in Rhode Island prior to relocating to Florida in 2019 where she practiced with a real estate firm in Sarasota. Prior to joining the Education Department in August 2023, Ms. Scott’s practice focused on residential and commercial real estate transactions, business law, land use and estate administration. Ms. Scott is a member of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and the Sarasota County Bar Association.
Phone: (321) 234-8294
Email: kscott@oldrepublictitle.com
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