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Course Details

Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Real Property - Transactions

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, October 16, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

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This CLE course will examine common obstacles to closing real estate deals, including environmental issues, defective or incomplete land use approvals, encroachments, flood issues, underperforming property, low basis sellers, and more. The panel will offer critical guidance on structuring the transaction to overcome these obstacles and drafting the terms of the purchase sale agreement.

Faculty

Peter J. Wagner
Senior Counsel
Romano LoManto

Mr. Wagner concentrates on real estate as well as personal financial solutions. He has worked as in-house counsel for lenders and servicers in the mortgage industry and represented consumers in a variety of legal matters for many years.

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Description

Counsel to purchasers and sellers in real estate deals must anticipate and resolve potential deal killers that can derail a transaction. Some factors can cause delay or thwart a closing, including environmental issues, defective land use approvals, encroachments, and more.

Sellers should disclose all known problems, and buyers should obtain appropriate contingencies and reps and warranties to protect their interests. Further, counsel to all parties must develop a plan to cure or mitigate problems and prepare to negotiate a price reduction to compensate for the defect if needed. Carefully drafting critical terms of the purchase sale agreement is essential to overcoming these obstacles. In addition to the contingency and reps and warranties provisions, counsel should carefully scrutinize boilerplate clauses and tailor them to parties' specific needs.

Listen as our authoritative panel discusses best practices for anticipating and solving potential deal killers arising during the sale or purchase of real estate and offers guidance on structuring contract terms to clear potential hurdles.

Outline

I. Deposits

II. Due diligence periods

III. Entitlements contingencies

IV. Environmental contingencies

V. Conditions precedent

VI. Representations and warranties

VII. Indemnities

VIII. Remedies

IX. Provisions surviving closing

X. Issues specific to residential transactions

Benefits

The panel will review these and other noteworthy issues:

  • What environmental concerns could derail a potential real estate deal, and what are some solutions for addressing them?
  • How should buyers and sellers address defective or incomplete land use approvals?
  • What are some practical strategies for dealing with encroachments?
  • What approach is best when dealing with a prohibitive prepayment penalty on an existing mortgage loan?