Myles Title - Advisory Council
MYLESTITLE’S
ADVISORY COUNCIL BREAKFAST
SEMINAR SERIES ARCHIVES
THE FATE OF $90+ BILLION IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS: WHO are "Special Servicers"? WHAT do they do? WHERE do they operate? WHEN are the deals happening? WHY, most importantly, does it matter to you? INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS: Learn about immediate opportunities that exist for Developers & Investors, and the impact on the Commercial Real Estate Market, at large. ATTORNEYS & LENDERS: Discover the nuances of how Special Servicers affect the market and the risks and opportunities that abound. PRESENTED BY: TIMOTHY F. McCORMACK, ESQ. Ballard Spahr LLP, Partner, Baltimore Bankruptcy & Commercial Real Estate Recovery; LAURA SKOWRONSKI BOUYEA, ESQ., Venable LLP, Baltimore, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights & Restructuring.
"Honey I Reduced My Mortgage by $1,000,000. OMG, now I owe the IRS $400,000!" Ten Things You Must Know About Buying Distressed Loans & Loan Workouts: Real Estate Foreclosure, Tax and Practical Issues; How Bankruptcy and Other Issues affect the Purchase of Distressed Debt; Lenders Selling Loans in Default to Purchasers who then Foreclose; Borrowers Buying Debt at a Discount to Save Properties. Richard E. Levine, ESQ. DLA Piper LLP, Partner, Baltimore | Real Estate & Tax; Richard M. Kremen, ESQ., DLA Piper LLP, Partner, Baltimore | Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights & Restructuring.
Recent Developments in Foreclosures - Cloudy Titles: A Mess or Opportunity: What are the implications of pending litigation and other timely title-related happenings? Robo-Signings, foreclosure freezes and assignment issues. What’s the impact on securing title insurance in today’s complex environment and how to secure clean title? What opportunities to avoid and what makes sense to pursue? SHAWN A. GOLDFADEN, Esq. Maryland State Counsel, Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Show Us The Money: Who's Lending In Today's Market: How open are lenders’ doors to permanent Financing Options? Life Insurance lenders looking to deploy capital; Multi-family lending: Where will Freddie & Fannie be in the future?; Conduits: are they back? Current interest rates & pricing? What about the billions in debt maturing in 2011-14? Nancy R. Ferrell, Senior Vice President, NorthMarq Capital
I.D.O.T.'s in 2010: Under attack, but still standing: Recordation tax on I.D.O.T.'s at recordation and upon maturity and/or default; Effect of the title insurance industries withdrawal of creditors rights protection; Practical suggestions for dealing with these challenges. Do you need to name an individual to serve as a Trustee under a Maryland Deed of Trust? Edward J. Levin, Esq. & Searle E. Mitnick, Esq. of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
HOW OUR DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES RAISE ISSUES FOR BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS: Landlord’s desire for adequate security (cash security deposits vs. letters of credit); Lease restructuring agreements, assignments and subleases; Guaranty and build out issues and related strategies. - Howard R. Majev, Esq., Saul Ewing LLP and James E. Goodrich, Esq. Saul Ewing LLP
ALTERNATIVES TO FORECLOSURE: Avoiding Foreclosure at all costs through Forbearance Agreements, Deeds in Lieu, Loan Sales, Short Sales and Lender/Borrower Workouts – Michael G. Gallerizzo, Esq. Gebhardt & Smith LLP
THE FINE PRINT CAN SAVE OR COST YOU MILLIONS: Non-Recourse Carve Outs, Case Law, Business Decisions and a Winning War Story to Ponder – Edward L. Wender, Esq. Venable LLP
TRANSFER AND RECORDATION TAX SAVINGS: Business Trusts and other Strategies for structuring non-taxable transaction – Bruce L. Benshoof, Esq. Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
WHEN COMMERCIAL TENANTS FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY – THEN WHAT?: Survival strategies for Landlords to cope with today’s reality – John A. Roberts, Esq. Rosenberg | Martin | Greenberg LLP
LAND CONDOMINIUMS: An Alternative Development Opportunity – Howard L. Alderman, Jr., Esq. Levin & Gann, P.A.
SDAT’S INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: the new Law concerning Transfer of Controlling Interests in RPE’s – Robert M. Ercole, Esq., Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.