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Title Insurance Agent Continuing Education

Title Insurance Agent Continuing Education

Free

16 (Closed courses will not be included.)

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These courses are approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services for Title Insurance Continuing Education.

The basis of the title insurance industry is insuring the validity and priority of written documents. A typical real estate transaction involves several layers of written instruments: the sales contract, deed, mortgage, and closing statement. Because a title insurance policy insures the validity and priority of documents such as deeds and mortgages that are executed by individuals on behalf of entities, it is important that a title agent and escrow officer understand who has the power to bind a business

1 credit - Barry Scholnik discusses various issues that typically cause claims. He covers foreclosures, HELOCS, Homestead Law, Legal Descriptions, and various other issues that cause claims.

Ethical Guidelines Pertaining to Forgery Prevention and Homestead Property

1 credit - This course discusses business ethics in general giving examples of companies in the news who exemplify both good and poor ethical choices. More specifically it discusses ethical issues that title agents face on a regulary basis. Including the ethical handling of a closing, the correction of documents, fiduciary responisibilities and document fraud.

1 credit - Enacted in 1980, the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act is a U.S. law designed to impose an income tax on foreign persons who are selling their real property interests in the U.S.

This course covers the law concerning land trusts. The law varies from state to state and so it is important to understand the background of this vehicle for the ownership of real estate. In Florida for example, there is a statute governing land trusts; in Illinois land trusts are largely the creation of case law. A revamped land trust act has been developed and proposed to the Florida legislature. This course has been approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit

Stewart Agents recieve a

Marking up the Commitment

Probate Administration of Homestead Property in Florida

1 credit A sovereign citizen is a very specific variety of anti-government person. It is a person that believes the United States government is fraudulent and illegitimate and, because of this, can rightfully remove themselves from its authority. In their efforts to remove themselves from the authority of the government, they use legitimate government documents illegally. For this reason, title agents need to be aware of these documents in case they come up in the chain of title.

Stewart Chief Economist of Stewart Title discusses the three Rs of Real Estate

Victoria Behm discusses the effect of Marriage and Divorce on Title Insurance.

1 credit - This course discusses the definition of title insurance and the importance of survey review in the process of preparing the commitment.

Wire fraud is rapidly becoming an epidemic in the mortgage industry. The FBI (IC3) hit a milestone last year by receiving its four-millionth complaint since the IC3 division was created in 2000. In 2017, it received 301,580 cybercrime and fraud complaints with reported losses over $1.4 Billion - Business Email Compromise (BEC) was the No. 1 cause of loss and is now being tracked as a separate cybercrime.

Barry Scholnik discusses the basics of Florida Construction Lien law and the company's underwriting guidelines.

The Florida Constitution exempts homestead property from levy and execution by judgment creditors. Florida courts have liberally expanded definitions of homestead property which includes more than just a single family house. Condominiums, manufactured homes, and mobile homes are also afforded homestead protection. The Constitution defines homestead as one's principal place of residence up to one-half acre within a municipality and up to 160 contiguous acres in any county in Florida This course explains

1 credit - This course discusses all aspects of the use of a Power of Attorney in a real estate transaction. It includes the termination of a Power of Attorney, the authority of a Power of Attorney, statutory protections, and the recording of Powers of Attorney. It includes scenarios of the use of a Power of Attorney the acceptance of a 3rd party Power of Attorney.

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