4 hrs VA CE: Closing Time: Contracts Made Simple & Equality in Housing: Virginia Fair Housing Law Update (AT SWVAR)

Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. (noon) – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Southwest Virginia Association of REALTORS®, 128 Reedy Creek Road, Abingdon, VA 24210

Event Type: In-Person Office Class

Speaker: Jon Haley (Virginia REALTORS® reserves the right to substitute a speaker based on availability.)

Course Details

1.      Topic: Closing Time: Contracts Made Simple

Time: 12:00 pm (noon) – 2:00 p.m.

Credit Hours: 2 Hours Contracts and 2 Hours Current Industry Trends PL

This course provides the best of both our contracts courses. Agents and brokers will get an overview of contract law and how contracts work in the real estate business. There will also be a review of some of the most important contractual provisions found in the different standard forms around the commonwealth.

2.      Topic: Equality in Housing: Virginia Fair Housing Law Update

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Credit Hours: 2 Hours Fair Housing CE/PL

This course will provide the building blocks needed to understand fair housing laws and properly practice real estate without violating them. This course will breakdown the sources of law that regulate fair housing and review the definitions of the protected classes under federal and state and outline the enforcement process. After discussing ethical issues, the class will do a deep dive into specific fair housing issues, including assistance animals, hoarding, tenant selection criteria, harassment, and advertising. Throughout the course, we will look at real-life recent fair housing cases and discuss how the law was applied in each instance.

THIS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY BROUGHT TO YOU BY A PARTNERSHIP WITH BTVAR & SWVAR