CE Class

 It’s no secret Buyer Broker Agreements are good business – they protect you and your client and clearly layout expectations. But how do you present these agreements to your client so that they understand the benefit as well? In this 1.5 hour webinar, Oregon REALTORS® Past Presidents Rick Harris (2004) and Jeff Wiren (2022) will share how they convey the value of Buyer Broker Agreements with clients and their team, ways these agreements can protect you, and other important considerations. 

Taught by: Rick Harris & Jeff Wiren

Q&A and discussion session on current Real Estate topics for Principal Brokers.

Panelists:

Jeremy Rogers, Oregon REALTORS® Director of Legal Affairs

Debra Gisriel, Managing Principal Broker, Fisher Nicholson Realty

Michael Warren, Managing Principal Broker, Crook County Properties

Moderated by: Brian Houston, Managing Principal Broker, Coldwell Banker Bain & 2023 COAR Education Key Committee Chair

Do you have a question or scenario that you would like the panel to cover?  Enter it in the comments section on the registration page when you sign up for the event.

A Special Event for Principal Brokers

Concerned with the ongoing NAR litigation and what it means for REALTOR® Organizations and our industry as a whole?

Join member and staff leadership for an insightful open-discussion session where we talk about the current legal landscape and its potential impact on our organization and the industry's future. Our aim is to address concerns and empower our members with the knowledge on how we are actively working to navigate these challenges. Your questions and input are vital in shaping a secure path forward for REALTOR® organizations.

Session Agenda:

• The latest on the NAR litigation—What we know and what we don’t know
• What Oregon REALTORS® is doing to protect our members and enhance their success
• Open Discussion/Q&A—We want to hear your questions, concerns, and what Oregon REALTORS® can be doing to help you and your brokerage navigate these uncertain times

Panelists include:

Jeremy Rogers, Oregon REALTORS® Director of Legal Affairs

Jenny Pakula, Oregon REALTORS® CEO

Grace Bergen, 2023 Oregon REALTORS® President

Ashleigh Fordham, 2024 Oregon REALTORS® President Elect

Brent Landels, 2025 Oregon REALTORS® President Elect, 2023 COAR President

Jaynee Beck, 2024 COAR President Elect

Save 35% on Continuing Education real estate courses on Wednesday, October 18th by visiting, COAR.TheCEShop.com and using the promo code PROST.

Save 40% on Real Estate CE courses on October 25 & 26 by visiting, COAR.TheCEShop.com and using the promo code ROAST.

Intermediate/advanced level webinar provides a concise and thorough overview of IRC Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges for real estate professionals and commercial brokers.

This webinar covers critical IRS time deadlines in delayed exchanges, “like-kind” requirements including creative property variations like easements, transferable development rights, oil/gas/minerals rights, vacation homes held for investment, fractional ownership (DST and TICs), partnership/LLC scenarios (and how to best structure in advance of a 1031 exchange), reverse and improvement exchanges, related party transactions and how to avoid common pitfalls and other 1031 related issues.  The webinar will also summarize current developments regarding applicable Revenue Rulings, PLR’s, and recent IRS guidance on current topics related to 1031 exchanges. 

Learn how to help taxpayers owning commercial property in an LLC or partnership plan in advance to help avoid issues at closing if only some of the LLC members or partners want to exchange, including the “drop and swap,” "swap and drop,” Partnership Installment Note (PIN) approaches.

Taught by: Scott Saunders

Scott Saunders is Senior Vice President with Asset Preservation, Inc. (API), a subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE: STC). Scott has an extensive background in IRC §1031 tax deferred exchanges, having been involved in structuring hundreds of thousands of §1031 exchanges during his thirty five years in the exchange industry. He is a former President and former Board member of the Federation of Exchange Accommodators (1031.org), the national 1031 exchange industry trade organization and holds a Business Economics degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB.) He is also a real estate instructor and investor with over 60 investment properties in 9 states. Click here to read more of Scott's bio.

Law and Rule (LARRC) is a required course every license renewal by the Oregon Real Estate Agency (OREA). 

Taught by Jaynee Beck, CRS, ABR. GRI

Politics and Pints

Learn what the REALTOR® party means for you

COAR is hosting a series of classes and happy hours focused on REALTOR® advocacy, government affairs and RPAC. Have lunch and a drink on us, earn CE, and learn how we’re working to fight for the real estate industry and small business.

REALTOR® Advocacy in 2023: Key Issues and the Real Estate Outlook 

This class will examine some key issues impacting the real estate industry, and what REALTORS® need to know at the various levels of government. 

Taught by: Tyler Neese, COAR Government Affairs Director