Description
PACKAGE CONTENTS:
- 6 Hour Law and Elective 2022
- 2 Hour Legal Update 2023
- 2 Hour Legal Update 2022
- 4 Hour Personal Safety and Self Defense
- 3 Hour Aging in Place – Eliminating Pitfalls
- 3 Hour Real Estate Disclosure Laws
Law and Elective 2022 6 Hour course
At Your Pace Online (AYPO) is responsible for the content of this course.
This Course Covers:
Legal Updates
Introduction to Changes in Laws and Rules in Michigan
- Changes to Occupational Code
- Changes in Laws & Rules in Michigan
- State Assigns New Professional License Numbering System
- Public Act 63 of 2020
- Public Act 159 of 2020 in Michigan
- Public Act 253 of 2020
- Public Act 255 of 2020
- Identity-Based Discrimination in Employment (US)
- USSC Opinion – Protections Apply to Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
- Executive Order 13988
- Property Management & Rentals
- Additional Impacts of HB 4722
- Short-term Rentals
- Long-term Rentals
- New Eviction Notice Requirement Effective May 3, 2021
- Case Law 2022
- Sellers Disclosure
- Michigan Property Taxes
- Measuring Houses & Counting Rooms Using the ANSI Standards
- Finished Area Defined
- Building Owners & Managers Association International (BOMA International)
- Environmental Issues and Case Studies
- Hazardous Waste Sources
- PFAs
- Environmental Issues – Federal & Michigan-specific Laws
- CERCLA (Comprehesive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act of 1980)
- RCRA (Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976)
- Michigan Laws
- Natural Resource & Environmental Protection Act
Contract Law:
- General Knowledge and Basic Definititions of Contract Law
- Legal Guidelines
- Oral vs. Written Contracts
- Requirements for Validity
- Competent Parties with a Legal Capacity
- Unenforceable Contracts
- Assignment & Novation
- When a Contract is Considered Performed or Discharged
- Duties of the Buyer, Seller, Additional Parties, & Their Agents
- Conditions – Acts or Events that Must Occur Before Performance is Due
- Substantial and Specific Performance
- Interference With an Existing Contract
- Breach of Contract
- Material or Immaterial Breach
- Consequences of a Breach
- Privity of Contract
- Defenses to Claims of Breach of Contract
- Remedies for Breach
- Contract Clauses
- Attorney’s Fees
- Arbitration
- Choice of Law & Jurisdiction
- Contract Price & Payment Schedule
- Escape
- Exculpatory Clause
- Indemnity
- Liquidated Damages
- Merger & Integration
- Non-Waiver
- Severability
- “Time is of the Essence”
- Conclusion of Basic Contract Law
Errors & Omissions
- Errors & Omissions
- Misrepresentation
- Negligence
- Fraud
- Mistakes
- Common Types of Problems
- Misrepresentation: Concrete Examples
- Property Size (Water Rights, Advertising etc.)
- Negligence: Specific Examples
- Fraud: Concrete Examples
- Prevention & Mitigation
- Protection
- Education
- Due Diligence
- Written Contracts
- E&O Insurance
- Conclusion of Errors & Omissions
Supervision & Management
- Characteristics of Successful Management
- Delegation
- Communication
- Recognition
- Authority
- The Functions of Management
- Planning
- Organizing
- Requisition
- Leading
- Controlling
- The Employer-Employee Relationship vs Independent Contractor Relationship
- What is an Employee?
- What is an Independent Contractor?
- Requirements for Employees vs Independent Contractors
Legal Update 2023
At Your Pace Online (AYPO) is responsible for the content of this course.
Learning Objectives
- Operate in accordance with current Michigan law
- Promote and protect fair housing initiatives in Michigan
- Understand the environmental impact to real property in Michigan from the use of PFAs
- Understand the impact to real property of environmental issues and law specific to Michigan
This Course Covers:
Changes in Laws and Rules in Michigan 2023
- This section of the course discusses recent changes to the laws and administrative rules of the state Michigan
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Operate in accordance with current Michigan law
Court Cases 2022-2023
- This section of the course discusses the latest court cases and rulings affecting the real estate profession in the state of Michigan
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Operate in accordance with current Michigan law
Identity-Based Discrimination In Employment (US)
- This section of the course discusses recent developments in fair housing and identity-based discrimination
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Promote and protect fair housing initiatives in Michigan
Court Cases 2021-2022
- This section of the course discusses recent court cases and rulings affecting the real estate profession in the state of Michigan
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Operate in accordance with current Michigan law
Environmentally Harmful Products and PFAs
- This section of the course discusses environmental matters, specifically many related to the use and impact of PFAs in the state of Michigan
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Understand the environmental impact to real property in Michigan from the use of PFAs
Environmental Issues – Michigan-specific Laws
- This section of the course discusses Michigan-specific laws and issues impacting the state
- This section of the course covers the following learning objectives: a. Understand the impact to real property of environmental issues and laws specific to Michigan
Legal Update 2022
At Your Pace Online (AYPO) is responsible for the content of this course.
This Course Covers:
Introduction to Changes in Laws and Rules in Michigan
- Changes to Occupational Code
- Changes in Laws & Rules in Michigan
- State Assigns New Professional License Numbering System
- Public Act 63 of 2020
- Public Act 159 of 2020 in Michigan
- Public Act 253 of 2020
- Public Act 255 of 2020
- Identity-Based Discrimination in Employment (US)
- USSC Opinion – Protections Apply to Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
- Executive Order 13988
- Property Management & Rentals
- Additional Impacts of HB 4722
- Short-term Rentals
- Long-term Rentals
- New Eviction Notice Requirement Effective May 3, 2021
- Case Law 2022
- Sellers Disclosure
- Michigan Property Taxes
- Measuring Houses & Counting Rooms Using the ANSI Standards
- Finished Area Defined
- Building Owners & Managers Association International (BOMA International)
- Environmental Issues and Case Studies
- Hazardous Waste Sources
- PFAs
- Environmental Issues – Federal & Michigan-specific Laws
- CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act of 1980)
- RCRA (Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976)
- Michigan Laws
- Natural Resource & Environmental Protection Act
Personal Safety and Self Defense
Course Description
This four-hour course is designed to provide important safety tips and precautions for personal safety in the workplace. This is especially true for real estate professionals as they are very often in situations that expose them to unknown situations, with unknown persons. Instructor Preston Taylor has worked in law enforcement for over 20 years, is a Police Academy Instructor, and a Defensive Tactics Instructor for over 15 years. He has acted as a speaker/trainer for the National Association of Realtors and the Michigan Association of Realtors.
It is important to understand the legal environment surrounding self-defense and the physical limitations that can be a factor for each individual. There are key “Rules of Engagement” that will help those who work with the public to recognize and avoid dangerous situations. If a confrontation does occur, the instructor outlines and demonstrates the best and most practical ways to respond to and reduce potential harm. This program offers self-defense techniques from the stand-up position using easy and effective gross motor skills, to ground defense and ground avoidance (rape prevention).
Upon completion of this course, participants will:
- Understand what laws govern personal protection and the use of deadly force.
- Recognize the pros and cons of firearms, pepper spray, and stun guns.
- Be able to effectively use the most practical precautions during both home showings and open houses.
- Become more confident in the use of physical deterrents and self-defense techniques.
This course covers:
- Legal Environment
- Physical Limitations
- Safety is your Responsibility
- Safety and Real Estate showings
- Self Defense Tactics
- Review
Aging in Place – Eliminating Pitfalls
Course Description
In millions of homes across our country, and in the homes of people we love, existing residences are slowly but surely becoming prisons for their occupants. This happens as the aging process inevitably removes our ability to successfully navigate stairs and perform daily tasks required to live and survive independent. Societal options exist to move from private residences into congregate living facilities, where oversight and care are offered at various levels for those facing challenges. But few are interested in thus surrendering their independence. We prefer to just age-in-place.
It is possible to remain at home as physical and / or mental deterioration makes doing so more challenging. Given the amount of research that preceded establishing design standards to accommodate the handicapped, new structures can be designed which are far more user friendly to the elderly. Changes to existing homes can also be made in incremental steps as needs arise, just not as efficiently as doing so from scratch.
The knowledge and technology to enable our elders to stay at home are well established. All that is lacking are finances to do so, the time to do so, the will to do so and wide-spread dissemination of knowledge on how to do so.
The last of those issues is addressed in this work.
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- A thorough understanding of physical challenges that make aging-in-place more difficult.
- An increased awareness of cognitive issues that make aging-in-place more difficult.
- Resolvable issues faced by the elderly while navigating outside the home.
- Changes in typical lighting strategies that are beneficial to an aging population.
- Proper design of exterior amenities to facilitate increased enjoyment of nature by an older population.
- The impacts of different choices in finishes in reducing dangers faced while aging-in-place.
- Design choices that make common areas in multi-family housing more user friendly to the aged.
- Changes in cabinetry needed to accommodate use by the handicapped
This course covers:
- The Scope of This Work
- Problems to be Expected with Aging
- Expect Resistance
- Potential Changes Ahead
- Outside the Home
- Common Areas in Multi-Family
- Inside an Individual Home
- Alarms and Alerts
- Electrical and HVAC System Concerns
- Other Available Resources
Real Estate Disclosure Laws
Course Description
Real estate agents are subject to a broad range of legal and ethical requirements that are designed to protect buyers, sellers and the community at large. While disclosure laws are in place to protect the consumer, they constitute a legal framework that real estate professionals must comply with. There are a number of areas that require disclosure in real estate; seller’s property condition, agency relationships, lead-based paint presence, mineral/subsurface rights, and finally consumer financing requirements. This course covers the disclosure laws that real estate professionals must adhere to, the transactions in which they will come across these requirements, and case law to illustrate real life scenarios.
After completing this course participants will be able to:
- Recognize and implement the broad range of disclosure requirements that protect buyers and sellers.
- Be able to describe and integrate the agency relationships that are created during a real estate transaction.
- Outline the different types of agency and the standards of practice associated with each.
- Know when and under what circumstances lead-based paint disclosure must be provided.
- Have a good understanding of what mineral/subsurface rights are, and how they can impact a real estate transaction.
- Be able to share with clients the necessary requirements outlined under the integrated disclosure rule “Know Before You Owe.”
This course covers:
- Seller’s Disclosure
- Agency Disclosure
- Lead Paint Disclosure
- Mineral Rights Disclosure
- Integrated Disclosure
