CRES Insurance Risk Management Webinar Series
You'll find detailed tips to help real estate professionals be successful while minimizing the risks of E&O claims and real estate lawsuits. CRES specializes in protecting real estate professionals with customized Errors and Omissions insurance. We can directly underwrite your real estate E&O policy, or help you find the best option if we are not the best fit. We also help real estate business owners and real estate offices with liability, property, cybersecurity, and workers' compensation insurance.
Episodes
Mark Carlson from the Carlson Law Group and Dave Miller VP of Sales with Fidelity National Home Warranty discuss the status of Real Estate E&O claims in California so far in 2025.
Real Estate Brokers are still vulnerable to claims about disclosures -- by both the broker and the seller, and proving exactly what was disclosed and how. Property management details are also a key area for claims right now. Check out these attorney tips on how to stay out of legal trouble. Subscribe to the CRES Insurance channel for more tips for real estate professionals.
For real estate professionals, how should you handle unrepresented buyers, given the current status of buyer commissions? What questions should the listing agent ask? How would an offer be written and evaluated by the seller? What about dual agency issues? View the webinar to learn the issues to be wary of and how to avoid a lawsuit as a listing agent.
Kathryn Holbert from Nevada Real Estate Law and Dave Miller, Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty, talk about the latest risk management issues for real estate.
This informative webinar covers:
- The most common reasons real estate professionals face litigation
- Misunderstandings client communications over commissions, and the NAR lawsuit
- Pitfalls of dual agency
- Selling outside of your area
- Home warranties as R...
In this webinar, Mark Carlson from Carlson Law Group, and Dave Miller, Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty, talk about how real estate professionals can add some simple steps to their routines to reduce their risk.
CRES Insurance Services sponsored Webinar with REALTOR Magazine - The one thing that can save Real Estate Professionals from a career-crushing mistake.
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Attorney Kathryn Holbert has been defending real estate professionals for more than 15 years. In this webinar, Kathryn provides insight into what you should do if served with a subpoena.
Kathryn is joined by Dave Miller, Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty in this informative webinar that covers:
- Exactly what a subpoena is
- Why they are requested
- Why they can’t be ignored
- How real estate professionals can avo...
Learn 8 key ways to avoid the most common areas of litigation in this webinar with lots of examples (complete transcript appears below). Some details are specific to Texas, but the overall 8 points apply to every state.
Dave Miller, Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty, talks to Tom O’Connell, an attorney with Gauntt, Koen, Binney & Kidd. Tom has been defending real estate professionals since 1986 and ha...
What duties do Nevada real estate sellers’ agents have regarding the Seller’s Real Property Disclosure Form?
A new Seller’s Real Property Disclosure Form (SRPD) was released in Nevada in September 2021. In this webinar, Kathryn Holbert from Nevada Real Estate Law and Dave Miller, Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty, talk about the amended duties of sellers’ agents regarding handling the SRPD.
This informati...
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Topics include:
Guidelines regarding criminal background screening for housing applicants
What do the Real Estate Agents and Real Estate Professionals need to know
Blanket prohibitions on criminal conduct
The California real estate market has experienced extremely low inventory, but things have started to normalize in recent weeks. In this webinar, attorney Mark Carlson from the Carlson Law Group, and Dave Miller, Regional Vice President of Fidelity National Home Warranty, provide an update on some of the current issues in our real estate market.
This informative webinar covers:
Eviction moratoriums and why real estate professiona...
There are extremely low inventory levels for housing across multiple states right now. A significant portion of the real estate market is individuals who are simultaneously selling a home they live in and buying another they intend to live in.
It’s very common to include buyer contingencies in the purchase agreement, which makes the purchase contingent upon the sale of the buyer’s property.
However, there’s no corresponding contingen...
Given the current Seller’s market and scarcity of homes for sale, office-exclusive listings (also called whisper listings) have become a more common occurrence. In this situation, a broker/agent takes a listing with a buyer in mind, so the property is never advertised to the general public via the MLS and/or other public sources.
This practice is not illegal or unethical in and of itself — however, it is problematic and does present...
A review of requirements for real estate professionals when presenting and rejecting real estate offers.
If you’re buried in offers (usually a good problem to have), this webinar covers some key points to know to stay out of trouble. (We talk with an attorney in Nevada, but her suggestions may apply to your state as well. Be sure to review your own state regulations.)
Nevada Revised Statutes 645.254(4) states that “A licensee wh...
Denver City Council recently passed a new bill that imposes licensing
restrictions on long-term rental property owners. In this webinar, the attorney
Anthony Lally from White & Steele, and Dave Miller, Regional Vice President of
Fidelity National Home Warranty, discuss what these changes mean for
property owners and real estate professionals.
This informative webinar covers:
What the new bill aims to achieve and who it appli...
Preventing Claims in a Hot Sellers Market, Part 2
In many markets right now, there’s a limited amount of inventory and surging demand for property. In this “hot seller’s market” with fast-moving properties, real estate professionals face increased risks.
In this webinar, attorney Jim Meseck, from White and Steele, and Dave Miller, who manages the CRES Advantage Home Warranty Program, discuss how real estate professionals can prevent...
In many markets right now, there’s a limited amount of inventory and surging demand for property. In this “hot seller’s market” with fast-moving properties, real estate professionals face increased risks.
In this webinar, attorney Jim Meseck, from White and Steele, and Dave Miller, who manages the CRES Advantage Home Warranty Program, discuss how real estate professionals can prevent claims in the current market.
This comprehensive ...
Topics include:
Premise and Responsibility of a Broker
What Should a Broker Care About
Why is New Agent Training Important
What is Fraud?
How do you know if you have a claim?
What does a Broker do next?
How do claims affect premiums?
Do brokers have a say?
Deductibles
Release Forms
The Residential Purchase Agreement is the most important form of a real estate transaction. But it’s also the cause of most of the litigation that occurs in real estate.
In this webinar, Mark Carlson, an attorney from Carlson Law Group, and Dave Miller, who manages the CRES Advantage Home Warranty Program, discuss 5 key issues to consider when filling out the Residential Purchase Agreement (RPA), including:
The dangers of having ...
The majority of real estate E&O lawsuits are a result of failures to disclose. In
this webinar, Mark Carlson, an attorney from Carlson Law Group, and Dave Miller,
Regional Vice President with Fidelity National Home Warranty, discuss the
pitfalls of failing to disclose.
Whether it’s a simple mistake or an intentional failure to disclose, you can find
yourself in hot water if a buyer discovers major property issues after the
tran...
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