If owning a home is the American dream, then losing it through foreclosure is the American nightmare. Learn how to make the foreclosure process as smooth as possible for your clients by reviewing the personal property foreclosure process step-by-step. Our experienced professionals will provide you with best practices for pre-foreclosure documents and notices, the foreclosure sale requirements, post-foreclosure legal issues and how bankruptcy figures into the equation. Plus, get case law and legislative updates. Order today!

1. Update: Case Law and Legislation
2. Real Property Foreclosure: An In-Depth Walk-Through With Legal Considerations
3. Alternatives to Foreclosure: Step-By-Step Procedure and Legal Issues
4. How Bankruptcy Changes the Landscape
5. Ethics in Foreclosure

UPDATE: CASE LAW AND LEGISLATION
9:00 - 9:30, Anthony Crnic

• Federal Laws
• State Laws
• Recent Case Law

REAL PROPERTY FORECLOSURE: AN IN-DEPTH WALK-THROUGH WITH LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
9:30 - 11:00, Anthony Crnic

• Pre-Foreclosure Process and Documents
• The Foreclosure Sale: Notices, Procedure and Documents
• Post-Foreclosure: Wrap-Up, Deficiency, Eviction and Other Legal Issues
• Keys to Spotting and Handling Issues That Typically Pop Up
• Insider Tips for a Smooth Foreclosure

ALTERNATIVES TO FORECLOSURE: STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE AND LEGAL ISSUES
11:15 - 12:30, Walter J. Conlon

• Reinstatement, Forbearance and Repayment Plans
• Mortgage Modification
• Partial Claim
• Sale, Pre-Foreclosure Sale or Short Payoff
• Assumption by Qualified Buyer
• Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure

HOW BANKRUPTCY CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE
1:30 - 3:15, Walter J. Conlon

• The Automatic Stay
• Chapter 7 and 13 Basics
• Post-Foreclosure Sale Bankruptcy Filings
• Protecting the Creditor's Position
• Noteworthy Foreclosure Litigation

ETHICS IN FORECLOSURE
3:30 - 4:30, Walter J. Conlon

• Attorney's Affirmative Duties in Foreclosure
• Conflicts of Interest
• Description of Property in Foreclosure Sale Advertising
• Wrongful Foreclosure, Abuse of Process and Frivolous Litigation

WALTER J. CONLON is the head of the foreclosure department of Metcalf, Conlon & Siering, PLC. Mr. Conlon has been a member of the Iowa Bar Association since 1975, and currently serves as chairman of its Real Estate Legislative Subcommittee. He is a former member of the Iowa legislature, where he was the chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Law Enforcement. Mr. Conlon was a principal author of the 2006 and 2009 foreclosure laws in the Iowa legislature. He earned his B.A. degree from Loras College and his J.D. degree from the University of Iowa.

ANTHONY CRNIC is an attorney with Dunakey & Klatt PC, where his areas of practice include default services, real estate, business law, taxation and health care. Mr. Crnic earned his B.S. degree from Iowa State University; his J.D. degree from Drake University School of Law; his M.B.A. degree from Drake University; and his LL.M. degree from DePaul University College of Law. He is also a member of the Title Standards Committee of the Iowa State Bar Association; has given prior CLE seminars on foreclosures; and has conducted training sessions for employees of a national bank on the bankruptcy process. Mr. Crnic is licensed to practice law in Iowa and Nebraska.

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