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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!
Attendees will receive (4) hours BRE Continuing Education credit.
How you will benefit from taking the live lecture course:
- Familiarize yourself with the 2014 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 2014 “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.
Instructor: Neil Kalin, C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel