Outline Ethics and RESPA Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Section 8 Kickback Prohibition Ethics and Protection of Data Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Fair Credit Reporting Act and the FACT Act Learning Objectives Understand the requirements about RESPA Know about Ethics and the protection of data Understand how ethics is related to Fair Credit Reporting Teaching Methods: PowerPoints, Video PowerPoint Presentation and Optional Quiz
Outline Ethics and Mortgage Fraud Fraud and Conspiracies Fraud for Profit Housing Fraud Red Flags of Mortgage Fraud Transaction Fraud Fraud Participants Appraisal Independence Flipping Other Types of Mortgage Fraud Penalties for Mortgage Fraud Excessive Fees Common Predatory Lending Ploys Predatory Lending Excessive Fees Common Predatory Lending Ploys Indicators of Predatory Lending Anti-Predatory Lending Laws Consumer Protection for High Cost Loans Learning Objectives Understand the meaning of fraud Understand the different …
Outline Finance Instruments Promissory Notes Negotiable Instruments Security Instruments Trust Deeds Mortgages Judicial Foreclosure Procedure Typical Clauses in Finance Instruments Acceleration Clause Alienation Clause Defeasance Clause Partial Release, Satisfaction, or Conveyance Clause Prepayment Clause Subordination Clause Other Mortgage Clauses and Covenants Types and Features of Mortgages Purchase Money Mortgage Cash-Out Mortgage Refinance Mortgage Home Equity Loan, Home Equity Line of Credit Blanket Mortgage Bridge Mortgage Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM) Open-End Mortgage Package Mortgage Reverse Mortgage …
Outline Deeds Requirements of a Valid Deed Warranty Deeds Deeds without Warranties Evidence of Marketable Title Public Records Notice Chain of Title Race Notice Rule Marketable Title Act Title Insurance Types of Title Insurance Policies American Land Title Association (ALTA) Abstract of Title Forms of Ownership Ownership in Severalty Co-Ownership Possessory Interests in Property Freehold Estates Leasehold Estates Ownership by Organizations Sole Proprietorship Partnerships. Corporations Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Townhomes Non-Possessory Interests: Easements Types of Easements …
Outline Real Estate Appraisal Appraisal Approaches Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) The Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) Characteristics of Real Estate Value Characteristics Physical Characteristics Property-Specific Factors Affecting Real Estate Value Economic Factors Affecting Real Estate Value Defining Market Value Making Land More Valuable Assemblage and Plottage Value of Frontage The Sales Comparison Approach Substitution and the Typical Buyer Adjusting Comparable Sales Limits on Adjustments Sequence of Adjustments Researching the Sale and Transfer …