Wisconsin Real Estate Continuing Education

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This is the Wisconsin Listing Contracts course. Our objective is to ensure that you understand the specifics of license law so you can better serve the public with which you work. It is important that you understand the proper protocols when it comes to completing and delivering listing contracts and other real estate documents.

The goal of this course is to help you gain an appreciation for both the limits and the benefits of a real estate license. We want to help you develop an understanding of some of the secondary skills that are an important part of successful transactions.

Our objective is to develop an understanding of some of the less popular topics in real estate. Although you may not have many transactions with an “as is” clause or perhaps you don’t think you will ever be the principal in a transaction, it is important that you understand proper protocol when dealing with these and other less common transactions. As a real estate agent, it is your duty to serve the public, and that is best done by having a thorough knowledge of a variety of topics. In this course, we will be focusing on Wisconsin Offers to Purchase.

This course is designed to give you an understanding of the various changes that have taken place with Wisconsin §440, §452, and REEB 24. Real estate licensees must follow the state statutes and administrative rules. You will learn how these various changes to Wisconsin statutes impact you as a real estate professional. We will also review administrative changes that the REEB made to further clarify portions of the statutes.

This course covers the real estate Code of Ethics as established by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR®), as well as the content requirements for the state of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. This dual certification means that the content of this course covers both the Wisconsin requirement of 2 ½ hours of course study work plus a 15-question test, as well as the NAR® requirements of the course lasting 2 ½ hours and containing four key elements, which will be enumerated later.

The criteria requirements for the state of Wisconsin are to incorporate one hour on material adverse facts, inspections and testing, and misrepresentations. At the same time, NAR® requirements for the Code of Ethics include material adverse facts and misrepresentations. As you can see, the same topic areas can be covered by both courses. This will also be true as we look at agent relationships in transactions.

Course 5 is on the general topic of Wisconsin Real Estate Law and Practice. During the course, we will look more specifically at Wisconsin condominium listing contracts and the legal requirements for documents and disclosure.

We will also spend time talking more specifically about commercial real estate in regard to placing, removing, and enforcing commercial real estate liens on property.

Our final topic will be about short sales and foreclosures. At this time, no one is suggesting that the real estate meltdown from 10 years ago is predicted to happen again. However, real estate practitioners are receiving more questions from investors, and in turn, are asking their brokers and attorneys for information about the process of working with short sales and foreclosures. To that end, we will review that process.

The format for this course includes exact quotations from statutes and forms.  The main text will explain and expand any cited quotations.

This course covers the various forms and actions that are necessary during the negotiation of a real estate transaction.

We will discuss how to handle counter offers using the Counter Offer Form and the Multiple Counter Proposal Form. All counter offers are considered new offers to purchase, but these forms are designed to reference all of the terms and conditions from the initial offer. What eventually remains as the agreement between the parties is the original offer to purchase and the last counter offer or multiple counter that was agreed upon.

Another issue you may face during a real estate transaction involves zoning. These codes are typically constructed so that there are listed permitted uses, prohibited uses, and conditional uses. It is important to understand how zoning codes affect current and intended property use.

Our final topic covers the delivery, acceptance, and receipt for the Offer to Purchase. There are specific details and definitions that must be adhered to when preparin