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Our Courses

Navigating Your Clients Debt: Judgments and Liens 101

3 Hours

What is the difference between a judgment and a lien? What do they appear as on a preliminary title report? Walk through the process of elimination with your escrow professional to learn the timeline and impact these have on your transaction.

  • Understand the difference between a judgment and lie
  • Know when a lien and judgments is recorded vs. filed
  • Understand reasons that common liens are recorded
  • Capable of identifying common liens such as Deed of Trust, Mechanics
  • Understand the process required to remove liens and parties involved

Red Flag Fun!: Policies and Commitments 101

3 Hours

Discover why title insurance is so crucial to the buying/selling process. Learn about the different title insurance coverages, and how to interpret “red flag” preliminary title reports.

  • What is Title / Title Insurance
  • Owner’s vs. Lender’s Policy
  • What is a Title Commitment
  • Understand how Title gathers information for a Title Commitment
  • Understand the difference between various types of Title Insurance
  • Understand how to identify and resolve “Red Flags” on a Title Report
  • Customer Service / Statistics

The Life of a Transaction: Escrow 101

3 Hours

Whether you’re a beginner, or in need of a refresher, this course will walk you through the basics of title and escrow, the timeline, and what it takes to guarantee free and clear title.

  • Define “Escrow”
  • Understand the Escrow process
  • Understand how to read a Settlement Statement
  • Establish the timeline for a transaction
  • Know the process that occurs the day of closing

Who’s My Client: Vesting 101

4 Hours

Determine the legal owner of your property, is your client who you think they are? Explore the many types of deed transfers, community property, probate, power of attorney, corporations, and trusts.

  • Understand what is needed to complete a property transfer
  • Identify different types of Deeds and their uses
  • Understand Washington State requirements for Community Property
  • Understand how to proceed with a deceased owner
  • Able to identify the proper use for a Power of Attorney
  • Understand supporting documents to determine signer for Trusts, Corporations, LLCs and other legal entities

That’s My Lawn: Easements 101

4 Hours

What is an easement, when are they created, and where do they appear on my title report? Come explore an in-depth look at easements of every variety with our title and escrow professionals.

  • Understand definition of Easement
    • Purpose & Affect
  • Different Classifications of Easement
  • Understand where easements are disclosed?
  • Understand Different Types of Common Easement
  • Understanding Road Maintenance Agreement
  • Understand Actual Access Vs. Legal Access
  • Understand Easements on a Title Commitment
  • 5 W’s of an Easement
    • Who, What, When, Where, Why
  • Understand how to Extinguish & Create an Easement

Our Policies

Students interested in enrolling in courses must complete a course Registration Form and submit payment (if any) for the course. The Registration Form may be completed on the day of the course or in advance. Acceptable forms of payment are: cash, credit, or check.

Any person may enroll or attend a course offered by the Whatcom Land Title School of Real Estate regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity, marital status, race creed, color national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability. If a student needs any special accommodation, please contact the school administrator.

In order to receive a Certificate of Completion, students must physically attend the course for the number of authorized classroom hours. A clock hour is defined as “a period of fifty minutes of actual instruction.” The additional minutes above fifty may be attributed to answering questions, administering an examination, and breaks.

Registration/tuition fee

Students may request a refund of registration, tuition, or other fees paid by the student for clock hour courses for which the student did not receive a Certificate of Completion.  The Administrator will only consider written refund requests from students not issued a Certificate of Completion.  Refunds are prorated based on the amount of time the student attended the course in person, up to 50 percent of the course.  If a student attended greater than 50 percent of a course, the student will not be eligible for a refund. No refund requests will be considered if submitted by the student more than one year from the course registration date.

Record retrieval fee

A student may request, and the Whatcom Land Title School of Real Estate will provide, the requesting student’s record of attendance at no cost.

Cancellation policy

Students may cancel their registration for a course up to the start date of the class.  Failure to withdraw from the class will result in a ‘fail’ grade and no Certificate of Completion will be issued.

The Whatcom Land Title School of Real Estate strictly prohibits the use of cameras and/or any recording device in the classroom for the purpose of recording, copying, or duplicating course materials and/or course content and delivery. Violation of this policy is cause for immediate dismissal. The Whatcom Land Title School or Real Estate reserves all rights to course content and materials.