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  • NAR Settlement Resources: Step by Step

    Need specific resources to help guide your agent and broker referral sources after the NAR Settlemen...

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  • 2010 HUD-1 Settlement Statement Background & Basics

    This webinar is a practical guide to the 2010 GFE/HUD-1, including instructions on how to fill out a...

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  • A Closing Agent’s Guide to eNotes & Digital Closings

    This Fund Town Hall dives deep into the process and technology involved in digital closings, includi...

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  • A Fund Roundtable: Cyber-Hygiene Tips You Need to Adopt Today

    Join the attorneys of The Fund's Legal Education Department as we present A Fund Roundtable...

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  • A Quick Start Guide to Your First Closings

    In this Roundtable, The Fund’s Legal Education attorneys list the “must-do’s&rdquo...

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  • A Whole Lotta BS (Behavioral Science) about Cybersecurity

    Let’s be honest:  most of us find cybersecurity frustrating.  Thinking up long compl...

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  • An Insider's Look at Cyber Security Cases

    The Fund’s Legal Education Department is pleased to welcome Joseph Swanson, a shareholder of t...

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  • Attract More Business in Any Market

    Learn how to use your own business intelligence to find new business, leverage online tools more eff...

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  • Avoiding Mortgage Payoff Fraud

    Real estate practitioners face pronounced dangers due to cybercrime. FBI statistics reveal Florida a...

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  • Avoiding Title Claims in Your Real Estate Practice

    Despite best intentions and practices, title claims are at times unavoidable. On other occasions, ti...

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  • Broward RON Webinar

    Remote Online Notarization and Digital Closing for the Broward REC

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  • Building the Pillars of ALTA’s Best Practices Workshop I

    Are Lenders asking you for a copy of your Best Practices Policies and Procedures Manual? If so, it&r...

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  • Building the Pillars of ALTA’s Best Practices Workshop II

    This workshop continues the Fund’s examination of ALTA’s Best Practices, detailing Flori...

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  • Computer Security in the Age of Cyber-Crime

    Join Darrell Marsh, The Fund's Computer Security Manager, Information Technology, as he presents...

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  • Cyber Insurance for the Closing Agent: A Roundtable Discussion with Industry Experts

    The Fund welcomes Brian Kouwenhoven of Kouwenhoven & Associates, Inc. and Cynthia Zimmerman of S...

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  • Cyber Liability Insurance

    If you've been wondering what cyber liability insurance does and does not cover, how much it cos...

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  • Cyber Market Outlook – Current Trends in Crime and Insurance

    Cyber crime continues to evolve, and your real estate law practice or title business must evolve as ...

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  • Death, Taxes and Florida’s Community Property Trust Act

    The Community Property Trust Act is the culmination of the Florida legislature’s effort to pla...

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  • Don't Sell... It’s Time to Get Connected, Part I

    Getting (and staying) connected with clients and referral sources is crucial. In this FREE Fund Town...

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  • Don’t Sell…Connect, Help – Part II

    In this FREE Fund Town Hall, Title Tap’s Robin Cardella and Lisa Monti from Property Debt Rese...

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  • Don’t Sell…Connect, Help, Win – Part III

    In Part III of this presentation, Robin Cardella from Title Tap will share 5 tips to show how you ca...

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  • Escrow & Cyber Security: Protecting You & Your Clients

    On 10/23/2018 Matt Rease and Lee Swaffield of RynohLive presented a free Fund Town Hall, Escrow and ...

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  • Ethics In Your Closing Practice

    This webinar is a review of current ethical issues facing title professionals in their real estate a...

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  • FinCEN Reporting: BSA E-Filing Account Setup

    Members filing Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) must first be granted access to FinCEN’s E-F...

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  • FinCEN Reporting: How to Complete a Currency Transaction Report

    Members filing Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) to comply with the mandate of a Geographic Targeti...

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  • Florida SB 264 - Conveyances to Foreign Entities

    Legislative update.  Many bills made it through the legislature and are either in the hands of ...

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  • Florida SB 264 - Foreign Principal FDOC Registration

    Wondering whether your foreign principal client should register under the foreign interests in ...

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  • Florida SB 264 - Questions & Answers

    Do you often have transactions with foreign individuals buying real estate? Do you want to lear...

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  • Florida SB-264 - Conveyances to Foreign Entities Refresher

    Join The Fund’s Melissa Murphy, Michael Rothman and Colleen Sachs for a comprehensive rev...

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  • Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)

    Learn about the recent changes to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) which wen...

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  • Insuring Against Mortgage Payoff Fraud, Business Email Compromise Fraud & Other Social Engineering Fraud

    Real estate settlement providers are now the #1 target of cyber fraudsters and the types of frauds a...

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  • Introducing the Digital Closing: What Fund Members Need to Know to Prepare

    This Town Hall introduces Fund Members to different digital closing models and industry trends; give...

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  • Introduction to ALTA’s Best Practices

    As the real estate market continues to recover and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau creates ...

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  • Introduction to the Real Estate Paralegal Profession

    Fund Legal Education Attorney Linda Monaco hosts a free 30-minute Fund Town Hall, Introduction to th...

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  • Issuing Policies at Closing

    You may be are aware the 2006 ALTA policies allow the issuance of policies at closing, some of the p...

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  • It's Here! Remote Online Notarization - What You Need to Know Now

    The Florida legislature passed HB 409 – Electronic Legal Documents on May 2.  The bill sp...

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  • It's Not Just a Form: The Closing Disclosure and Form Process

    The seminar will review the new Closing Disclosure forms in depth including the seller specific form...

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  • Lien Stripping in Bankruptcy after Caulkett

    Learn about the history, function, and current status of the law as to lien stripping in bankruptcy ...

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  • Liens, Liens, Everywhere a Lien

    This webinar focuses on commonly occurring liens to real property, including judgment liens, homeown...

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  • Limited Liability Company Fundamentals: What's New, What's Not

    In 2013 Florida Statutes Chapter 605, the Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act, was adopted...

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  • Marking Up a Commitment

    The commitment is a binding offer to issue title insurance. It can also serve as a TO-DO list for yo...

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  • Meet NotaryCam… and Hear From a User of RON

    Please join Rick Triola, Founder and CEO of NotaryCam, a platform for on-line notarizations, as he d...

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  • Meet Pavaso – Providing eClosing & Remote Online Notary (RON) as a Competitive Advantage

    It has taken some time for eMortgages to gain adoption, but with the advent of Remote Online Notariz...

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  • Navigating the Closing Disclosure Form

    This three-hour offering provides an in-depth review of the new forms and the rules which apply. ...

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  • Negotiating the New Home Construction Agreement

    This webinar focuses on representing buyers and builders-sellers of production and semi-custom singl...

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  • Oh, What a Tangled Web it Makes When There is a Trust or Probate

    This program will help you untangle the web of common trust and probate issues and assist you in fin...

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  • Passport Required?: The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act and the Settlement Agent

    As Floridians, we all know the reasons it’s great to live in Florida – the weather, the ...

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  • Probate in the Chain of Title

    The death of an owner of real property presents unique challenges to title examination because of th...

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  • Protecting Yourself Against Wire Fraud

    Day of closing. Updated payoff  letter received and your bookkeeper has loaded the wire for you...

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  • Rating Title Insurance: The TRID Way

    Under the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules that became effective Oct. 3, 2015, title in...

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  • Real Property and Fake Sellers

    During this webinar, Julie Lepore, President and Owner of Total FIRPTA, LLC presents Real Property a...

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  • RON Update: How to Become a Florida Remote Online Notary

    Join the Legal Education Department for an update on the implementation of remote online notarizatio...

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  • Selling Your Title Business

    Join Howard Turk and Brett Story of Turk & Co., a title industry-centric mergers & acquisiti...

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  • Social Media Marketing for Closing Agents in One Hour a Week

    Have you ever wondered how much return on investment closing agents can actually get from Facebook? ...

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  • Stay Inside the Lines: Surveys & Legal Descriptions

    This practical, essential skills seminar is one of the Legal Education Department’s Trans...

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  • Stopping Cyber Fraud

    Electronic communication has become a way of life as has the practice of conducting financial transa...

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  • Sued for Wire Fraud

    Cyber crime continues to evolve, and your real estate law practice or title business must evolve as ...

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  • Tell Me More: Closing Disclosures Explained

    Residential real estate transactions are typically funded, in part, by a federally related mortgage ...

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  • The ABCs of Digital Closings

    The adoption and utilization of remote online notarization (RON) has ushered in the age of the fully...

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  • The Florida Realtors/Florida Bar–6: A First Look at the “New” Contracts & Riders

    This webinar will highlight and examine changes recently announced by the joint committee of The Flo...

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  • The Invisible Seller: Avoiding Vacant Land Fraud

    What are the red flags for a fraudulent vacant land sale?  Watch a dramatic enactment of an ima...

    Runtime: 37:44

  • The New 2023 FIRPTA Reporting Forms

    The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) requires withholding of monies from foreign...

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  • The Quality Assurance Review, "Now That's a Horse of a Different Color"

    Colloquial expressions, such as the one heard in The Wizard of Oz, help us to appreciate that there ...

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  • The Shape of Things to Come: Things to Know about the 2021 ALTA Policy Forms

    This intermediate-level program notes and analyzes significant changes to the title insurance policy...

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  • Third-Party Security Vetting for Law Firms

    Join Ron Frechette, CEO of GoldSky Security for a FREE webinar, Third-Party Security Vetti...

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  • Top 10 Tips to Discover Mortgage Payoff Fraud

    Melissa Jay Murphy, The Fund’s General Counsel, and Robert Baker,  Senior Vice President ...

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  • Trusts, Estates and FIRPTA, Oh My!

    Foreign buyers love the beautiful Florida weather and beaches, so it is not surprising that Florida ...

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  • Understanding Conservation Easement Trusts: Tax Implications and Beyond

    A conservation easement is a voluntary, insurable, and legally binding agreement between a landowner...

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  • Understanding the Cost-Plus Contract: Residential Construction in the Post-Pandemic Age

    This course reviews the basics of the cost-plus residential construction agreement. The pandemic has...

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  • Understanding the New Florida Realtors Forms and Complying with the NAR Settlement

    Following settlement of the landmark Sitzer-Burnett class action lawsuit against the National Associ...

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  • Understanding the Secondary Mortgage Market and How it is Driving Change at the Closing Table

    Since its inception, the secondary mortgage market has driven change in the residential mortgage ind...

    Runtime: 58:33

  • Using Fund Resources to Maximize Your Closing Practice

    This 50-minute webinar provides a guide to real estate attorneys in how to best access and use key r...

    Runtime: 51:48

  • Vulnerabilities: The Food that Hackers Eat

    Christopher Buse, Senior Vice President, Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, presents Vul...

    Runtime: 51:17

  • Website Best Practices and Educating Different Customer Groups

    Real estate professionals have gradually embraced the use of proprietary websites to provide clients...

    Runtime: 51:25

  • What Every Real Estate Attorney Needs to Know About Cyber Risk Insurance

    Fund Members need to be asking “Will my existing insurance policies cover a loss due to a spoo...

    Runtime: 45:28

  • What?! We’ve Been Phished! – An Online Tabletop Exercise

    Join us as we depict a fictional firm’s reaction to learning that it’s fallen victim to ...

    Runtime: 43:01

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