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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I chair the ABA GPSolo Division’s Real Estate Committee and GPSolo agreed to dedicate an issue of their magazine to our favorite topic, dirt law. If you have any interest and expertise in any of the following topics, and would commit to
writing 3000-4500 words before end of May, 2015, then this would be a good, free publicity opportunity. Here is a list of the topics, the article would have a national focus please let me know if any of them interest you (or an associate). Also, if you think
there is another topic that would have national appeal but is missing (and you are willing to write it), let me know and I can ask permission to include it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mortgages<span style="color:black"> and Foreclosures: Residential<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mortgages<span style="color:black"> and Foreclosures: Commercial<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Due
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Diligence<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Checklists<span style="color:black">?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dealing with Title Insurance Companies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">To include dealing with claims.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commercial<span style="color:black"> Leases (Representing Landlord)</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">Contract aspects (not enforcement, which is state specific)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Commercial<span style="color:black"> Leases (Representing Tenant)</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">Contract aspects (not enforcement, which is state specific)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Representing<span style="color:black"> a Client in a Settlement after a Catastrophic Loss</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black">Flood, wildfire, hurricane, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">How
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">to<span style="color:black"> Avoid Malpractice in a Real Estate Practice<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Kathleen J. Hopkins <o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Real Property Law Group, PLLC <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1326 Fifth Avenue, Suite 654 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seattle, WA 98101 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone & Fax: (206) 625-0404 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">email: khopkins@rp-lawgroup.com <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.rp-lawgroup.com <o:p></o:p></p>
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