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 and Brian Sayer

• Federal Laws
• State Laws
• Recent Case Law

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

• 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 chaired 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. While at Drake, he served on the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, where he was named the publication's outstanding third year staff member. Mr. Crnic also placed honorable mention in the Iowa Supreme Court writing competition for an essay he wrote on eminent domain. He is a member of the Black Hawk and Polk County bar associations, the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

BRIAN SAYER is a shareholder at the law offices of Dunakey & Klatt PC. Mr. Sayer focuses his practice in foreclosure and default services. He earned his B.S. degree from Iowa State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Iowa. Mr. Sayer is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Blackhawk County Bar Association. He is also an active member of the Real Estate and Probate and Trust Law sections of the Iowa State Bar Association. He has also been appointed to the Probate and Trust Law Section Council.

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