CE: Your Guide to the RPA

This course is Bureau of Real Estate (BRE) accredited for 4 hours of Continuing Education (CE) in Consumer Protection when taken live lecture or lernmyway webinar. CalBRE Sponsor No. 0001. 

Course Description: The California Residential Purchase Agreement (RPA) form 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. Get detailed instruction about how to properly complete and use the RPA form step-by-step to better serve and protect yourself and YOUR CLIENTS!

How you will benefit from taking the live lecture course:

• Learn the new approach to addressing wood destroying pests
• Understand changes regarding how to deal with personal property items
• Learn how to write offers without deposit checks
• Familiarize yourself with dozens of other changes to the RPA contract
• Complete all mandatory and recommended disclosures
• Learn how to create, modify, cancel, or close a transaction.
• Ensure all commissions are paid in full and on time.

This course covers:

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

Instructor: Neil Kalin, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel

Education Payment Options
If you would like to pay for a course offered by the Tahoe Sierra Board of REALTORS, visit this page: Pay for Education, complete the form and proceed to checkout.  You may pay for multiple courses at once.  Please register for the course before submitting payment.  You may view course options on the Education page.

If you wish to pay by check, please mail your check, along with a copy of this registration form to: 12315 Deerfield Drive, #1, Truckee, CA 96161, Attn: Education.

Additional Instructions: Payment must be received 72 hours after class registration.