Fund News and Alerts

On August 26th, the Florida Aviation Network empaneled a group of experts to discuss Unmanned Aircraft Systems...

If you have not read the Florida ARECS Blog recently, you need to check it out!  We discuss a variety of topics of interest to REC Member Attorneys, Realtors and consumers.  We encourage you to read our latest post, Whose Property Is It Anyway: Heirs Property and Its Impact on Underserved Communities, written by Brenda Ezell of the Ezell Law Firm in Jacksonville. 

On September 5^th, over 150 real estate attorneys and real estate agents from across Central Florida gathered at the Florida Hotel.  This day-long event addressed a wide range of topics including Probate, presented by Stephen Chong, Esq, Short Term & Vacation Rentals, presented by Nishad Khan, Esq., Seller’s Disclosure Statements, presented by Lew Oliver, Esq., and FREC Issues & Team Advertising, presented by Randy Schwartz, Esq., Commissioner with the Florida Real Estate Commission.  The Legal Summit offered Florida Bar CLE for attorneys, as well as 8 hours of Specialty CE credit for licensed real estate agents.

By: René Rutan, REC Relations Manager, Attorneys Title Fund Services, LLC

The real estate settlement industry has been in overdrive preparing for the October 3rd implementation of the CFPB’s new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule (TRID) but have you considered how the process changes contemplated will affect your use of the Florida Realtors^® – Florida Bar Residential Sales Contract (FR/BAR)?

On December 3, the Central Florida Real Estate Attorneys’ Council (CFREAC) presented the U.S. Marine Corps with 2700 toys.

New REC Presidents for 2019!

The Florida ARECS Board of Directors met on February 24th in Orlando and reviewed our strategic objectives and how the organization can best serve REC members going forward. Since its inception in 2014, Florida ARECS has focused on these strategic priorities:

On May 11th The Florida ARECS Board of Directors hosted its annual REC Leadership Forum preceding the start of Fund Assembly in Orlando.

On May 10^th the Board of Directors of the Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida hosted the Annual Florida ARECS Leadership Forum at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort in conjunction with Fund Assembly.

We were recently asked by Florida Realtors® to describe what Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida (“Florida ARECS”) does in 35 words or less for a promotional piece that will go out later this year.