LEI 135 - Advanced Residential and Commercial Real Estate for Paralegals

3 Credit(s)

Elective course for the bachelor’s and associate’s degrees. Required for legal certificate with a concentration in real estate.
Students learn how to prepare and complete all documents necessary for a residential and commercial real estate closing. Each document is explained in detail, and students learn how to obtain all necessary information to complete each document. Students learn about HUD-1 settlement sheets, mortgages, promissory notes, deeds, affidavits of title, title insurance, surveys, legal descriptions, agreements of sale, etc. Students also participate in a mock real estate settlement. Each student prepares a real estate closing binder in connection with a real estate transaction, including the preparation and completion of all of the above listed documents. This is a legal specialty course.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Real Estate and Legal Research I.