SEPTEMBER 2024

DATE: September 25, 2024

TIME: 9 a.m. - Noon

CREDITS: 3 CE Hours

LOCATION: Live Webinar

COST: $65 CBA Members | $80 Non-Members

After completing Current Issues in Washington Commercial Real Estate (CORE) 2024-25, you'll be familiar with:

• The History of Agency Law in Washington
• The 2024 revisions to Agency Law
• Current issues and legal trends relating to competition and compensation in commercial brokerage
• The importance of maintaining a complete transaction log/file
• Requirements for brokers with less than 2 years of experience
• Case studies that form the basis for Washington law

Attendees will also gain an understanding of:

• Organizational structures, roles, and responsibilities and be able to describe common real estate practices
• Common concepts relating to risk avoidance

Instructor: Andrew Mathews | Of Counsel | Stoel Rives

Andy Mathews practices in Stoel Rives’ Real Estate Group. He has a multidisciplinary background in litigation and risk management, regulatory/licensing compliance, and real estate transactions that he leverages in advising real estate clients on myriad brokerage-related matters.

DATE: September 30, 2024

TIME: 9 a.m. - Noon class; Noon-1 p.m. Networking Lunch

CREDIT: 3 CE Hours

LOCATION: CBA Training Room, Lynnwood

COST: $65 CBA Members | $80 Non-Members

Real estate syndication provides an effective way for investors to pool their financial and intellectual resources to invest in larger projects than they could on their own.

In this class, you will learn how to decide if syndication is right for you and explore: 

• The pros and cons of syndication
• The traits of a good syndicator
• The mindset necessary to create a syndicate
• How to set goals and look at your own skills as a syndicator
• How to set up a syndicate

Case studies show how you can make money on a syndication deal. 

Please join us after class for a networking lunch sponsored by Madrona Financial in the CBA classroom. 

Instructor: Derek Doke, CCIM | CRE Advisor & Syndication Coach | DerekDoke.com

Derek has over 25 years of experience as an Asset Manager, Property Manager, Broker, and Syndicator. He has been involved with more than $3b worth of investment real estate, including $400m worth of syndications representing 300+ investors. 

DATE: October 8, 2024

TIME: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

CREDITS: 4 CE Hours

LOCATION: CBA Training Room, Lynnwood

COST: $75 CBA Members | $90 Non-Members

Back by popular demand, CBA's Commercial Real Estate Development course provides an overview of the development process. 

Attendees will learn about the different roles CRE developers can play, the terminology associated with development, and the stages of development from acquisition to operation. 

Using current websites, attendees will learn where to find information on:

• Zoning
• Market data
• Market feasibility
• Areas of current development

In addition, the class will cover practical constraints:

• Budget
• ROI
• Net Operating Income
• Cash flow

Students will also be introduced to the basics of the permitting process and the steps to determine the GBA.

Instructor: Mark Potter | Blue Glacier Real Estate Investments

Mark Potter is a Commercial Real Estate Faculty member at Seattle Colleges, where he teaches courses in commercial real estate development, investment analysis, sales and leasing, property management, and capital markets. He has been a Property Manager, Real Estate Asset Management Director, Loan Consultant, Senior Financial Analyst, and a CRE Consultant.

DATE: October 22, 2024

TIME: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

CREDITS: 4 CE Hours

LOCATION: Live Webinar

COST: $75 CBA Members | $90 Non-Members

Improve your skills and learn about the updates you need to understand to execute CBA's Purchase and Sale Agreement. We will be using CBA’s latest forms, revised in 2024. This is your opportunity to ask questions about provisions in the documents you deal with every day.

In addition to CBA’s Purchase & Sale Agreement, you will learn about:

• RCW 18.85 License Law
• Commercial Seller Disclosure Law
• Financing issues 
• Inspection contingencies
• Estoppels and SNDAs
• Title Review
• and more

The Association’s legal counsel has carefully prepared our forms, the industry standard for commercial and investment real estate transactions. CBA’s forms are designed to protect brokers who use them by ensuring that changes created by license or case law modifications are reflected in the forms.

Instructor: Imants Holmquist | Partner | Holmquist & Gardiner, PLLC

Imants Holmquist represents clients in real estate and business transactions, lease agreements, disputes, and purchase and sale agreements. He manages transaction teams handling hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions annually. A graduate of the University of Washington and Seattle University School of Law, he was voted one of 2023's Super Lawyers.

If your real estate license expires in 2024, time is running out to get your required 30 credit hours of CRE continuing education!

We've continued to build out our on-demand CBA course catalog to give you the most relevant, highest quality, commercially focused classes on the market in a 24/7, online format, including Current Issues in WA Commercial Real Estate (CORE) 2024-25 and the mandatory Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course.

We also offer Commercial Renewal Packages. They're a great way to earn ALL the CE credits you need to renew your license for one very reasonable price!

To see all of our industry-leading courses and register, click below.  

We offer monthly opportunities to train with our team to master our search platform, create reports for your clients, or use Legal Library PRO.

Click on the links below to register.

Website Searching & Listings Webinar

Legal Library PRO Training Webinar

*NOTE: These free training sessions are NOT for CE Credit.