This class will be held on Zoom AND in-person at the CBA - you choose the format you'd prefer. Login to the website and click the "Register" button to register. You will receive a confirmation email from the Columbus Bar AND an email from Zoom containing information about joining the class (you will receive an email from Zoom even if you choose to attend in-person).

If you are attending via Zoom, you must use your unique link from Zoom in order to receive CLE credit.

6.0 CLE Hours. Specialty Credits: 5.0 Hours Business, Commercial & Industrial Real Property Law and 5.0 hours Residential Real Property.

9:00 - 10:00 Affordable Housing

• The need for Affordable Housing
• Challenges in providing additional Affordable Housing
• Resources available to assist in providing additional Affordable Housing

Presenters: Ian Maute, Buckeye Hope Foundation

Carol Sheehan, Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP

Matthew Rule, National Chruch Residences

Christopher N. Swank, Bricker Graydon, Moderator

10:00 - 11:00 Property Tax Appeals

• Basics of the Ohio Real Property Tax System
• Changes Brought by HB 126
  • Challenges in Implementation
  • Impacts on Transactions
  • Condo Conversions & Other Strategies
• Budget Bill and Other Updates

Presenters: Nicholas M. J. Ray, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Megan Savage Knox, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 – 11:45 Ohio Realtors Statewide Residential Purchase Contract

• Discuss the challenges faced by the drafting committee, including variations in local customs and practices
• Highlight some improvement over existing contracts around the state
• Discuss differences between the OR contract and the Columbus Realtors/Columbus Bar Association purchase contract

Presenter: William Fergus, Northwest Title

11:45-12:15 Representing foreign buyers and sellers in real estate transactions

• Examine the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (“FIRPTA”)
• Discuss Ohio’s Non-resident Alien Land Registration statute (Ohio Rev. Code 5301.254)
• Discuss options for notarizing documents outside the USA

Presenter: William Fergus, Northwest Title

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch (provided)

1:00 - 2:00 Top Ten issues in Real Property and Poverty Law

• Columbus’s source of income and retaliation ordinances
• Emergency Rental Assistance update and info
• Out of state property buyers as landlords and buyers
• The changing landscape of eviction court and the hot housing market

Presenter: Melissa Benson, Legal Aid Society of Columbus

2:00 - 3:00 Legislative Update

• H.B. 563: Short Term Rentals
• Affordable Housing Tax Credits
• Land Banks, Delinquent Property, and Foreclosures
• Eminent Domain
• Building Inspections

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:15 Columbus Real Estate History

• Tracing real estate development in Columbus from the 1950s to the present
• Opportunities and challenges to future development

Presenter: Robert Weiler, The Robert Weiler Co.

Register for both days and save $30

Add both days (June 22 and June 23) of 2023 Real Property Law Institute to your cart, then enter discount code RPI2023 and save $30 on your CLE registration fee!