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Answer Bar: The Ins and Outs of Commercial Real Estate Loans and Title Insurance
Contains material from Oct 2021 to Oct 2025
Answer Bar: The Ins and Outs of Commercial Real Estate Loans and Title Insurance
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Session 01: 7 Deadly Sins of Pre-Deal Documents (LOI, MOU, Term Sheets, etc.) - Address the negotiation and drafting of pre-deal documents (LOI, MOU, Term Sheet, etc.). Discuss when a pre-deal document is justified (and when not?); which pre-deal document is best for your transaction; which strategies should be considered when negotiating an LOI; and what are the best ways to make an LOI or MOU unenforceable.
Session 02: Loan Modifications
Session 03: Contesting Property Tax Appraisals - The Property Tax Protest and Appeal process can be confusing. With fifteen-minutes as the average length for an Appraisal Review Board hearing, review strategies for what to do and not do before your values are set in the Summer, and tax statements arrive in the Fall.
Session 04: Arrows in the Quiver: Remedies for Commercial Real Estate Secured Loans - Review of potential remedies available to enforce and collect commercial real estate secured loans. What are the requirements? What are the pros and cons?
Session 05: Title Insurance: Common Title Issues and Fixes - Hear a title insurance update including common title issues that arise in a transaction and how to clean up a title after a project as gone wrong.
Session 06: Equity Pledges in the Mortgage Lending Context - Discuss the increasingly-common requirement by mortgage lenders of equity pledges as additional collateral. Piece together the various related elements and understand their priorities when structuring these transactions.
Session 07: Intercreditor Agreements: Avoiding Lender on Lender Violence in the Closing Process - An examination of intercreditor agreements from the perspective of each of the borrower, the senior lender and the mezzanine lender.
Session 08: Escrow Agreements - A review of the various uses, types of Escrow Agreements, Escrow Agent options, regulatory and drafting concerns and forms availability.
Session 09: Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close - This presentation covers a few commonly overlooked items in the lender’s closing checklists that can have a detrimental impact on closing and closing timelines.
Session 10: Follow the Money - How to Avoid Mortgage Fraud - The real estate and mortgage industry has seen an increase in fraud in the wake of the Pandemic. Learn to spot the red flags for avoiding mortgage fraud by getting to know your customers and going beyond the paperwork.
Session 02: Loan Modifications
Session 03: Contesting Property Tax Appraisals - The Property Tax Protest and Appeal process can be confusing. With fifteen-minutes as the average length for an Appraisal Review Board hearing, review strategies for what to do and not do before your values are set in the Summer, and tax statements arrive in the Fall.
Session 04: Arrows in the Quiver: Remedies for Commercial Real Estate Secured Loans - Review of potential remedies available to enforce and collect commercial real estate secured loans. What are the requirements? What are the pros and cons?
Session 05: Title Insurance: Common Title Issues and Fixes - Hear a title insurance update including common title issues that arise in a transaction and how to clean up a title after a project as gone wrong.
Session 06: Equity Pledges in the Mortgage Lending Context - Discuss the increasingly-common requirement by mortgage lenders of equity pledges as additional collateral. Piece together the various related elements and understand their priorities when structuring these transactions.
Session 07: Intercreditor Agreements: Avoiding Lender on Lender Violence in the Closing Process - An examination of intercreditor agreements from the perspective of each of the borrower, the senior lender and the mezzanine lender.
Session 08: Escrow Agreements - A review of the various uses, types of Escrow Agreements, Escrow Agent options, regulatory and drafting concerns and forms availability.
Session 09: Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close - This presentation covers a few commonly overlooked items in the lender’s closing checklists that can have a detrimental impact on closing and closing timelines.
Session 10: Follow the Money - How to Avoid Mortgage Fraud - The real estate and mortgage industry has seen an increase in fraud in the wake of the Pandemic. Learn to spot the red flags for avoiding mortgage fraud by getting to know your customers and going beyond the paperwork.
Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 6.75 | 1.00 ethics
- Credit Info
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- TX MCLE credit expires: 12/31/2026
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Sessions
Credit
1.
7 Deadly Sins of Pre-Deal Documents (LOI, MOU, Term Sheets, etc.) OR Enforcing Unenforceability (Oct 2025)
D. Hull Youngblood Jr.
1.00
0.25
0.00
1.00 | 0.25 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 10 pgs
Paper
(pdf)
– 19 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 26 pgs
Session 1 —61 mins 1.00 | 0.25 ethics
7 Deadly Sins of Pre-Deal Documents (LOI, MOU, Term Sheets, etc.) OR Enforcing Unenforceability (Oct 2025)
Address the negotiation and drafting of pre-deal documents (LOI, MOU, Term Sheet, etc.). Discuss when a pre-deal document is justified (and when not?); which pre-deal document is best for your transaction; which strategies should be considered when negotiating an LOI; and what are the best ways to make an LOI or MOU unenforceable.
Originally presented: Sep 2025 Mortgage Lending Institute
D. Hull Youngblood Jr.,
Of Counsel, Davis Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc. - San Antonio, TX
2.
Loan Modifications (Oct 2021)
Gregory Garner, Patrick O. Smith
0.75
0.00
0.00
0.75
Downloadable Materials
Slides
(pdf)
– 6 pgs
Session 2 —42 mins 0.75
Loan Modifications (Oct 2021)
Originally presented: Sep 2021 Mortgage Lending and Servicing Institute
Gregory Garner,
Bank OZK - Austin, TX
Patrick O. Smith,
Lackey & Smith PLLC - Austin, TX
3.
Contesting Property Tax Appraisals (Dec 2023)
J. Stephen Brusniak
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Slides
(pdf)
– 11 pgs
Session 3 —31 mins 0.50
Contesting Property Tax Appraisals (Dec 2023)
The Property Tax Protest and Appeal process can be confusing. With fifteen-minutes as the average length for an Appraisal Review Board hearing, review strategies for what to do and not do before your values are set in the Summer, and tax statements arrive in the Fall.
Originally presented: Oct 2023 Mortgage Lending Institute
J. Stephen Brusniak,
Brusniak Turner Fine LLP - Dallas, TX
4.
Arrows in the Quiver: Remedies for Commercial Real Estate Secured Loans (Oct 2021)
Brian Thompson Morris
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Paper
(pdf)
– 38 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 13 pgs
Session 4 —30 mins 0.50
Arrows in the Quiver: Remedies for Commercial Real Estate Secured Loans (Oct 2021)
Review of potential remedies available to enforce and collect commercial real estate secured loans. What are the requirements? What are the pros and cons?
Originally presented: Sep 2021 Mortgage Lending and Servicing Institute
Brian Thompson Morris,
Winstead PC - Dallas, TX
5.
Title Insurance: Common Title Issues & Fixes (Nov 2024)
Heidi E. Junge
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 11 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 15 pgs
Session 5 —30 mins 0.50
Title Insurance: Common Title Issues & Fixes (Nov 2024)
Hear a title insurance update including common title issues that arise in a transaction and how to clean up a title after a project as gone wrong.
Originally presented: Sep 2024 Mortgage Lending Institute
Heidi E. Junge,
Stewart Title Guaranty Company - San Antonio, TX
6.
Equity Pledges in the Mortgage Lending Context (Oct 2025)
Benjamin F.S. Herd
1.00
0.25
0.00
1.00 | 0.25 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 13 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 11 pgs
Session 6 —58 mins 1.00 | 0.25 ethics
Equity Pledges in the Mortgage Lending Context (Oct 2025)
Discuss the increasingly-common requirement by mortgage lenders of equity pledges as additional collateral. Piece together the various related elements and understand their priorities when structuring these transactions.
Originally presented: Sep 2025 Mortgage Lending Institute
Benjamin F.S. Herd,
Haynes Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
7.
Intercreditor Agreements – Avoiding Lender-on-Lender Violence in the Closing Process (Nov 2024)
Kevin A. Sullivan
1.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 22 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 7 pgs
Session 7 —56 mins 1.00
Intercreditor Agreements – Avoiding Lender-on-Lender Violence in the Closing Process (Nov 2024)
An examination of intercreditor agreements from the perspective of each of the borrower, the senior lender and the mezzanine lender.
Originally presented: Sep 2024 Mortgage Lending Institute
Kevin A. Sullivan,
Winstead PC - Austin and Dallas, TX
8.
Escrow Agreements (Dec 2023)
John P. Bruce
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Paper
(pdf)
– 69 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 23 pgs
Session 8 —31 mins 0.50
Escrow Agreements (Dec 2023)
A review of the various uses, types of Escrow Agreements, Escrow Agent options, regulatory and drafting concerns and forms availability.
Originally presented: Oct 2023 Mortgage Lending Institute
John P. Bruce,
Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc. - Austin, TX
9.
Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close (Oct 2025)
Clinton J. Kuykendall
0.50
0.50
0.00
0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 5 pgs
Session 9 —28 mins 0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close (Oct 2025)
This presentation covers a few commonly overlooked items in the lender’s closing checklists that can have a detrimental impact on closing and closing timelines.
Originally presented: Sep 2025 Mortgage Lending Institute
Clinton J. Kuykendall,
Jackson Walker LLP - Houston, TX
10.
Follow the Money - How to Avoid Mortgage Fraud (Dec 2023)
Walt M. Junker
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Slides
(pdf)
– 16 pgs
Session 10 —28 mins 0.50
Follow the Money - How to Avoid Mortgage Fraud (Dec 2023)
The real estate and mortgage industry has seen an increase in fraud in the wake of the Pandemic. Learn to spot the red flags for avoiding mortgage fraud by getting to know your customers and going beyond the paperwork.
Originally presented: Oct 2023 Mortgage Lending Institute
Walt M. Junker,
United States' Attorney's Office - Dallas, TX