This course is Department of Real Estate (DRE) accredited for 4 hours of Continuing Education (CE) in Consumer Protection. DRE Sponsor No. 0001 

Course Description:

The California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions Form (RPA-CA) is the cornerstone of every successful real estate transaction in the state of California and there are several essential concepts, principles, and facts about this form that all REALTORS® should know.

This course will teach you about the RPA-CA form step-by-step to better serve and protect yourself and YOUR CLIENTS!

Registration:

To register for a live Your Guide to the RPA-CA course near you, visit the Education Calendar.

To register for the online Your Guide to the RPA-CA course, visit store.car.org .

How you will benefit from taking the live lecture course:

• Familiarize yourself with the 2010 changes to the agreement.
• Learn how to create, modify, cancel, or close a transaction.
• Identify, explain, understand, and remove contingencies.
• Complete all mandatory and recommended disclosures.
• Ensure all commissions are paid in full and on time.
• Understand all the important terms of the contract.

Extra: Live lecture course price includes the newly updated 2010 "Your Guide to the California Residential Purchase Agreement (RPA-CA) and Related Forms" publication.
(This publication will be provided to you at the course location on the day of the course.)

This course covers:

• Detailed instructions on how to use the RPA-CA form.
• Instruction on how to use related forms such as:
  
  •       Buyer’s Inspection Advisory (BIA)
  •       Requests for Repairs (RR)
  •       Receipt for Reports (RFR)
  •       Contingency Removal (CR)
  •       Notice to Buyer to Perform (NBP)
  •       Notice to Seller to Perform (NSP)
  •       Supplemental Statutory and Contractual Disclosures (SSD)
  •       Wood Destroying Pest Inspection and Allocation of Cost Addendum (WPA)
  •       Contingency for Sale or Purchase of Other Property (COP)
  •       Purchase Agreement Addendum (PAA)
  •       Seller Financing Addendum and Disclosure (SFA)
  •       Cooperating Broker Compensation Agreement and Escrow Instructions (CBC)
  •       Residential Listing Agreement – Exclusive (RLA)
  •       Seller’s Advisory (SA)
• Relevant provisions in the RPA-CA form and related forms.
• Principal preparation of an offer made using the RPA-CA and related forms.
• Principal response to an offer made using the RPA-CA and related forms.
• Answers to legal questions from a buyer or seller client concerning language in the RPA-CA and related forms.
• Guidance for a buyer or seller client concerning the application of RPA-CA and related forms to their particular transaction.

Who should attend

Every REALTOR® in the state of California who has any involvement in the purchase agreement process.

Instructors:

Gov Hutchinson, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel
Howard Fallman, C.A.R. Managing Senior Counsel
Neil Kalin, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel

For Instructor Bios click here .