Real Estate Finance for Lawyers covers real estate secured credit transactions. The course does not require any mathematical calculations. Students will find some knowledge or experience in the real estate industry is helpful, but not required. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Secured Credit (Law 380D) is helpful, but not required. The course will begin with an introduction to the real estate finance industry, including various types of loans, lenders, vocabulary and law. From there, we will cover basic versions of the most common documents used in real estate secured financings, and progress to state of the art documents for large/complex transactions. The course will cover the case and statutory law central to some of the most important provisions. The relative interests of borrowers, lenders and other parties, and possible topics for negotiation, will be discussed throughout the course. Students will find that while this course concentrates on real estate secured lending, it has broad practical application to most lending and other business transactions. Course materials will be supplied by the Professor in PDF format.
Dubois, Robert F. III