Ever wonder how an appraiser came up with their opinion of value? Need help figuring out how to price your listings? Do you find the appraisal process (and appraisers) to be uncomfortable or intimidating? Let’s change that!

Topics include:
• Appraisal requirements & jargon
• How appraisers select comparables
• How to distinguish between a modular, manufactured, & mobile home
• Health & safety items that could delay your deal
• How to find, apply, and defend price adjustments and time adjustments
• How to dispute an appraisal/your best chance at getting value revised

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

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Join us to check out West + Main’s newest and coolest properties!

RSVP in slack or contact Rylie at rylie@westandmainhomes.com for more details.

Learn all that you need to know and what you need to share with your clients about a title commitment.

Thorough explanation will be given especially to the Schedule B sections for Requirements and Exceptions.

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

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BYOB (Bring Your Own Buyers) and join us for a tour of 11 model homes from six world-class builders!

This is a great chance to:

• Up your value, expand your inventory and discover your next real estate advantage.

• Network with fellow members from both DMAR and SMDRA.

• Gain insights on helping buyers navigate the new homebuying process.

• Learn how to connect with builder sales associates.

• Discover new ways to prove your value in a changing market.

• Enjoy lunch and win prizes.

Cost: Free

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Buying or selling real estate in Colorado can be complex.

While the Colorado Contract to Buy and Sell is robust with provisions for almost all circumstances, there are several provisions that are complicated and confusing. This course builds on the Contract to Buy and Sell- Line by Line class by taking a deeper dive into some of the more complicated and confusing provisions that brokers need to know.

Cost: $40.00

4 CE Credits

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Megan Aller with First American Title is back with an all-new Market Stats Update! Join us to hear the latest numbers and how you can apply them to your Real Estate business, communicate them to your clients, and predict what might be coming next to the Denver Metro Area's housing market! No need to RSVP, everyone is welcome.

Have questions about the Market Update? Email West + Main Homes.

The latest updates and developments we are facing as an industry + company.

West + Main Agents Only.

In the wake of recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) rulings impacting buyer agency agreements, it's crucial for real estate professionals to stay informed and adept in navigating these changes.

This specialized continuing education course delves into the intricacies of buyer agency agreements post-NAR ruling, equipping participants with the knowledge and strategies needed to effectively represent buyers while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. From understanding the implications of the ruling to drafting and negotiating buyer agency agreements, participants will gain valuable insights to enhance their practice and provide exceptional service to their buyer clients.

Course Highlights:

1. Overview of NAR Ruling: Understand the key aspects and implications of the recent NAR ruling on buyer agency agreements.

2. Legal and Ethical Considerations: Navigate the legal and ethical considerations surrounding buyer representation and agency agreements.

3. Roles and Responsibilities: Clarify the roles and responsibilities of real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers in agency relationships.

4. Drafting Effective Agreements: Learn strategies for drafting clear, comprehensive, and legally sound buyer agency agreements.

5. Negotiation Techniques: Develop negotiation techniques to advocate for your buyer clients' interests while maintaining professional integrity.

6. Disclosure Requirements: Understand disclosure requirements and best practices for transparency in buyer representation.

7. Managing Client Expectations: Learn effective communication strategies for managing buyer expectations and fostering trust.

This course will provide real estate brokers a better understanding of their value proposition, how to communicate it to their clients, how to effectively use the “Exclusive Right to Buy” contract in order for the clients to want to hire them, how to stay compliant with HUD and Fair Housing rules, and most importantly, how to properly service their clients so that they become ecstatic with the service they receive.

Cost: $30.00

3 CE Credits

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Want to be the agent buyers love?

This course equips you to be their champion; learning skills to excel in buyer representation, fostering long-term client relationships, and safeguarding commissions. Understand and mitigate common challenges faced by buyer agents while crafting ironclad buyer representation agreements to protect your client and you. From understanding buyer needs to navigating the home search efficiently, you'll gain the skills to excel in buyer representation and build a thriving real estate career. Develop strategies to build trust and loyalty with clients, leading to repeat business and referrals.

This course is ideal for:

• New and experienced real estate agents seeking to specialize in buyer representation.

• Agents looking to strengthen their client advocacy skills and build their database.

• Agents seeking strategies to protect their value in a competitive market.

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

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Bring your coffee and join Managing Brokers Alex Swanson, Kari Lundberg, and Joy Opp for a Coffee and Contract Question session, every month on the second Wednesday!

This will be a great opportunity to have some dedicated time with your managing brokers to answer any and all of your contract and transaction related questions, talk strategy, negotiations, rules and regulations...anything and everything! We'll sip some java, talk real estate and help each other rise to the challenges of this changing market. See you there!!!

Kathleen Barlow and Kevin Bolin would like to extend an invitation to you to ask that you join us for a little "party-down" in the D-Town!!  Some first-rate folks from the Fort would like to roam down for a bit of frolicking and tom foolery with you, fam!! May's Denver Social will be at The Patio at Sloan’s Lake.  It's on 5/7/24 from 4-6pm. 4032 W 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80204

In a world of increasing home prices, manufactured homes have become an affordable housing choice for many people. However, manufactured homes are not real estate. As such, these transactions are very different and can be very confusing and high risk. In 2020, the Colorado Real Estate Commission’s forms committee approved manufactured home forms for use by real estate brokers. This course is a detailed analysis of these forms that goes through all the contracts line-by-line and analyzes why manufactured homes can be such dangerous transactions. If you have any interest in listing or selling a manufactured home, or are supervising those transactions, this class is a MUST.

Hosted + Instructed by : Damian Cox, Esq. + Faith Young

Have you heard about the NAR settlement?

How will it impact how you do business in Colorado? What changes will you need to make to be able to offer high value services to your buyers and seller? Participants will gain insights into compliance requirements, ethical considerations, and practical strategies to navigate the evolving landscape shaped by the settlement, ensuring professionalism and integrity in their real estate transactions.

This course will provide real estate brokers a better understanding of the antitrust lawsuits, the effects of the NAR Settlement and most importantly how it impacts brokers in Colorado. Participants will gain an understanding of the antitrust laws and the implications of the NAR Settlement so they can better education their broker associates. 

Cost: $30.00

3 CE Credits

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Tune in for the latest updates and developments we are facing as an industry + company.

West + Main Agents Only.

Don’t despair D-towner dudes, it’s just a quick drive due North to have drinks with some dapper and debonair W+M descendants in the Fort! May's NoCo Social is going to be at my crib on 5/2/24 from 4-6pm. I'll have drinks and snacks for you! ~Kevin Bolin

When: May 2nd from 4-6pm

Where: 1900 Seminole Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525

Financial acumen is a cornerstone of success in the real estate profession.

This specialized continuing education course delves deep into the realm of understanding money, empowering real estate professionals to make informed financial decisions for themselves and their clients. Whether it's managing personal finances, comprehending mortgage options, or analyzing investment opportunities, this course equips Realtors with the financial knowledge and skills needed to excel in today's dynamic real estate market.

This course will provide real estate brokers with a basic understanding of both familiar and some not so familiar financial tools that when utilized and leveraged properly can help their clients purchase real estate investments with minimal taxation. Additionally, this course will educate employing brokers with the necessary understanding of basic financial principles that will help their brokers manage and invest money wisely for their own personal retirement as well as help brokers talk intelligently to their clients about the best ways to invest money to purchase more real estate.

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

Register Here

In the wake of recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) rulings impacting buyer agency agreements, it's crucial for real estate professionals to stay informed and adept in navigating these changes.

This specialized continuing education course delves into the intricacies of buyer agency agreements post-NAR ruling, equipping participants with the knowledge and strategies needed to effectively represent buyers while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. From understanding the implications of the ruling to drafting and negotiating buyer agency agreements, participants will gain valuable insights to enhance their practice and provide exceptional service to their buyer clients.

Course Highlights:

1. Overview of NAR Ruling: Understand the key aspects and implications of the recent NAR ruling on buyer agency agreements.

2. Legal and Ethical Considerations: Navigate the legal and ethical considerations surrounding buyer representation and agency agreements.

3. Roles and Responsibilities: Clarify the roles and responsibilities of real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers in agency relationships.

4. Drafting Effective Agreements: Learn strategies for drafting clear, comprehensive, and legally sound buyer agency agreements.

5. Negotiation Techniques: Develop negotiation techniques to advocate for your buyer clients' interests while maintaining professional integrity.

6. Disclosure Requirements: Understand disclosure requirements and best practices for transparency in buyer representation.

7. Managing Client Expectations: Learn effective communication strategies for managing buyer expectations and fostering trust.

This course will provide real estate brokers a better understanding of their value proposition, how to communicate it to their clients, how to effectively use the “Exclusive Right to Buy” contract in order for the clients to want to hire them, how to stay compliant with HUD and Fair Housing rules, and most importantly, how to properly service their clients so that they become ecstatic with the service they receive.

Cost: $30.00

3 CE Credits

Register Here

The latest updates and developments we are facing as an industry + company.

West + Main Agents Only.

Financial acumen is a cornerstone of success in the real estate profession.

This specialized continuing education course delves deep into the realm of understanding money, empowering real estate professionals to make informed financial decisions for themselves and their clients. Whether it's managing personal finances, comprehending mortgage options, or analyzing investment opportunities, this course equips Realtors with the financial knowledge and skills needed to excel in today's dynamic real estate market.

This course will provide real estate brokers with a basic understanding of both familiar and some not so familiar financial tools that when utilized and leveraged properly can help their clients purchase real estate investments with minimal taxation. Additionally, this course will educate employing brokers with the necessary understanding of basic financial principles that will help their brokers manage and invest money wisely for their own personal retirement as well as help brokers talk intelligently to their clients about the best ways to invest money to purchase more real estate.

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

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Join us as we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the passage of Colorado's first-in-the-nation. state-level Fair Housing Act of 1959!

Enjoy some social time at the continental breakfast... and the jazz guitar riffs of local great Gregory Goodloe. Meet others who share your commitment to fair housing and reversing historic segregation. Gain perspective and new energy! Interact with policy & program experts, as well as community activists who are making change happen now. Learn ways to become involved in making positive change in your community.

Gregory Goodloe joins us to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the passage of Colorado's Fair Housing Act. A Denver native and self-taught musician, Gregory comes from a family of many musical talents. He has brought his unique guitar stylings to smooth jazz venues such as The Winter Park Jazz Festival, The Breckenridge Jazz Festival, The Cooper Mountain Genuine Jazz Festival, The Keystone Wine and Jazz Festival, and The Five Points Jazz Festival.

Keynote Speaker Cashauna Hill was recently named Executive Director of the Redress Movement, which works to support local communities in promoting and securing remedies for the intentionally discriminatory policies that segregated, and continue to segregate, neighborhoods across the country. Richard Rothstein's book, The Color of Law, which documents the intentional laws and processes that created housing segregation, inspired the creation of The Redress Movement. Prior to joining The Redress Movement, Cashauna served as Executive Director the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center. Cashauna’s fair housing litigation work over the past two decades has led to significant financial recovery and policy changes benefitting community members in the Pacific Northwest, and across the Gulf South. She has written extensively about housing segregation and civil rights, has been interviewed by outlets including CNN and NPR, and has testified before the United States Congress as a fair housing expert. Cashauna is a graduate of Spelman College and Tulane Law School.

Panel Discussions: Join the Conversation! Click here for bios of all panelists.

Panel 1: "Closing the BIPOC Homeownership Gap" featuring speakers from CHFA, the Denver Chapter of NAREB (the nation's oldest association of Black real estate brokers), the Northeast Denver Housing Center, and the Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity office of HUD's Region VIII office.

Panel 2: “Local Innovation: Protecting Integrated Communities, Fighting Gentrification”

Panelists include Denver City Councilwoman For Alvidrez and representatives of the East Colfax Community Collective, the Denver chapter of the Redress Movement, and the Native American Housing Circle.

Registration for both in-person and online attendance is limited.

The event will also be available to watch via livestream on Denver Metro Fair Housing Center's Facebook page on the day of the event, no registration is required for this option.

We look forward to greeting you on April 25th!

Cost: Free

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The Contract to Buy and Sell is the single most important contract in a real estate brokers business.

When a broker prepares the contract, they are essentially practicing law. Understanding what the contract provisions say, knowing how to prepare the contract and being able to explain the contract to clients is critical.

This streamlined course reviews the Contract to Buy and Sell line by line for a step-by-step tutorial on properly completing the Colorado approved Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate.

Cost: $40.00

4 CE Credits

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Brought to you by the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Diversity Committee.

Participants will explore the complex concept of privilege with a virtual privilege walk. The privilege walk exercise examines the intricacies of privilege in our society. It explores how we enjoy or do not enjoy privileges in our everyday lives. The exercise is not meant to make anyone feel guilty or exacerbate group division. Instead, it is meant to bring awareness and help us learn how to work better with each other. By educating ourselves on our privileges, we can identify ways to work and collaborate more inclusively, with a deeper awareness of other's experiences.

Cost: Free

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How confident are you in your understanding of the recent NAR lawsuit verdict and its implications for your real estate transactions?

Are you aware of the legal risks and challenges that may arise in your real estate practice post-NAR verdict, and do you feel prepared to address them?

What steps have you taken to ensure compliance with the latest legal requirements and regulations affecting the real estate industry?

Jon will explore the recent developments and how they affect you!

Cost: $40.00

3 CE Credits

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Join us to check out West + Main’s newest and coolest properties!

RSVP in slack or contact Rylie at rylie@westandmainhomes.com for more details.

🏡 Navigating Divorce: A Crucial Insight for Realtors 🏡

Are you prepared to support clients navigating the complexities of divorce in today's bustling real estate market? Join us for an exclusive event tailored to equip you with the expertise needed to guide divorcing homeowners through this pivotal life transition.

Key Topics Include:

1. Buying Amidst Divorce: Understand how buyers navigate property acquisition amidst the finalization of divorce proceedings. Gain insights into the intricacies of assuming loans and accessing equity for buyouts.

2. Empowering Divorcing Homeowners: Learn how Certified Divorce Lending Professionals play a pivotal role in supporting divorcing homeowners through the process. Discover strategies to provide crucial guidance and support during this challenging time.

3. Market Targeting: Uncover targeted marketing strategies to reach divorcing homeowners effectively. Gain a deeper understanding of the unique needs and considerations of this demographic.

Why Attend?

In today's high-cost, high-rate market, divorcing homeowners face daunting decisions. As a realtor, being equipped with the right knowledge and expertise is essential to provide invaluable support to your clients.

Limited Seats Available! Reserve Yours Today!

Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your skills and expand your client base. Be part of the conversation and elevate your real estate practice to new heights.

Fun Fact: Did you know that statistics project over 9,000 divorces in the Denver Metro area in 2024 alone?

Side Note: The NADP has graciaoulsy offered a discount for their divorce certification for those in attendance day of!

RSVP now to secure your spot and become a trusted resource for divorcing homeowners in your community.

Cost: Free

2 CE Credits

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An appraisal is an opinion of value.

For estate planning, financial planning, or sale price decisions, individuals or a trusted advisor usually orders an appraisal. When an appraisal is used to obtain an opinion of value of a property for loan purposes, federal regulation requires the lender or its agent to place an appraisal order. The lender or its agent contacts a state licensed or certified appraiser and identifies the property to be appraised and the intended use of the appraisal. 

This course will provide real estate brokers with the tools to help them understand how to read and understand an appraisal. Upon completion of this course participants will understand the definition of a credible appraisal, the appraisal process, elements of a credible appraisal, the importance of appraiser independence, and how to proceed if you feel that a correction needs to be made to an appraisal report.

Cost: $10.00

1 CE Credit

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Join the West Ways Lending Team every 3rd Thursday at the West Way Lakewood Office as they share the lending process, products, and answer all of your questions on all things lending!

Listing agreements are employment contracts between the sellers of real estate and real estate brokers for the professional services of the broker.

The listing agreement creates an agency and fiduciary relationship between the seller and the broker, with the seller being the principal and the broker as his agent.

Most states require listing agreements to be in writing and are usually based on standardized forms. This course will cover the ins and outs of the listing contract from the buyer's point of view.

The curriculum of this course covers:

• Buyer agency agreement

• Exclusive buyer agency agreement (aka exclusive right to represent)

• Exclusive-agency buyer agency agreement

• Open buyer agency agreement

Cost: $20.00

2 CE Credits

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Brought to you by the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Diversity Committee.

To celebrate Fair Housing Month, the Colorado Association of REALTORS® will be hosting a panel of individuals who represent a community that is often thought of when discussing diversity – they will share the beauty of their community and what REALTORS® should be mindful of when working with individuals from this community.

Cost: Free

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