Reat Estate Live Webinars

Common Pitfalls of Certificates of Insurance

“Trust me, we’re covered. We have general liability insurance.” This statement is also often followed by an all too common explanation, “My company employees are listed as additional insured so we are covered.” Certificates of insurance are meant to evidence insurance coverage for landlords and tenants,...

Current Issues in Cell Tower Leases and Lease Buyouts

The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones®, iPads®, Droids and the like strain existing network capacity. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed...

Introduction to Financing with New Markets Tax Credits

The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program is a powerful source of financing to help bridge funding gaps for development projects and operating businesses in low-income and rural communities. Come learn the nuts and bolts of the program from both the business and legal perspectives. We will give you...

Collection Techniques for Landlords

For many commercial landlords, consistent receipt of rent and other tenant charges is the key to their business. Most leases outline specific collection techniques and security mechanisms, such as security deposits and guaranties, intended to ensure that the landlord receives rent and other tenant charges...

Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits: Using Tax Incentives to Develop and Invest in Historic Properties

The federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (HTC) has grown into a key financing tool for economic development, historic preservation, and neighborhood revitalization. Combined in many areas with available state historic rehabilitation tax credits, HTCs have been used to rehabilitate historic city...

Advanced Transactional Due Diligence With ASTM Environmental Assessment Standards

ASTM International, a leading standards development organization, publishes numerous guides and practices that can facilitate environmental due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions. Due diligence is often complicated by inconsistent understandings and expectations among stakeholders...

ALTA Owners' and Lenders' Policies

This live audio conference will examine the changing role of title insurance in real estate transactions and review policy forms, with an emphasis on the 2006 ALTA Policy and the latest ALTA endorsements appropriate to commercial transactions. Using the commitment for title insurance, this program will...

Section 6409(a)/47 U.S.C. § 1455(a): New Federal Law Aiding Zoning Approval for Cell Tower Modifications

This live audio conference will describe Section 6409(a) of the 2012 Middle Class Tax Relief Act, 47 U.S.C. § 1455(a), which relaxes state and local approvals for cell tower collocations and other wireless tower modifications. We will describe the many legal and technical issues under this new statute,...

Regulation of Billboards in the Digital Age

This live webinar will discuss the evolution of billboard regulation from Lady Bird Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act through the current controversy concerning the nationwide proliferation of high intensity Commercial Electric Variable Message Signs better known as digital billboards (DBB) from...

ALTA Owners' and Lenders' Policies

This live audio conference will examine the changing role of title insurance in real estate transactions and review policy forms, with an emphasis on the 2006 ALTA Policy and the latest ALTA endorsements appropriate to commercial transactions. Using the commitment for title insurance, this program will...