Date: Tuesday\, August 4\, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. (noon) &ndash\; 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.)
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Course Details
1. \; \; \;Topic: Closing Time: Contracts Made Simple
Time: 12:00 pm (noon) &ndash\; 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.
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2. \; \; \;Topic: Equality in Housing: Virginia Fair Housing Law Update
Time: \;2:30 p.m. &ndash\; 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