Line by Line Forms Training

Unlock the potential of Line by Line video training, available for free for WRA REALTOR® members and legal section members. With WRA attorney and instructor Jennifer Lindsley as your guide, these in-depth videos provide the insights you need to navigate real estate forms with confidence, reducing the risk of errors and misrepresentation.


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Member offices can gain full access to the Line by Line series for dually licensed nonmembers. Company subscription fee: $1,500 annually plus tax.

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Forms included

WB-1 Residential Listing Contract

Topics

  • Five different ways to earn a commission.
  • When your commission is based on list price vs. purchase price.
  • Delivery, protected buyers and the extension of listing.
  • What happens to earnest money held by a firm if the seller's transaction fails to close.
  • What the different agency choices mean for you and your seller.
WB-36 Buyer Agency

Topics

  • When a client can give a firm exclusive right to act as an agent.
  • Excluded properties subject to a prior agreement.
  • Various compensation models, such as flat-fee, hourly and retainer.
  • Disclosure to clients, protecting confidentiality and material adverse facts.
  • Lien notices and commercial transactions.
WB-4 Residential Condominium Listing Contract – Exclusive Right to Sell

Topics

  • Correctly describe the condominium offered for sale
  • Help the seller identify what will be included in or excluded from from the sale.
  • Description of the unit, common elements, and limited common elements.
  • Delivery of condominium disclosure documents.
  • Buyer rescission based on condominium documents.
WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase (2020)

Topics

  • Review how to satisfy the Financing Commitment Contingency.
  • Consider how seller financing might influence terms in a transaction.
  • Evaluate how to use the Right to Cure provision with the Appraisal Contingency.
  • Explore all the ways to use the Bump Clause with contingencies.
  • Streamline your drafting with the pre-printed Radon Testing Contingency.
WB-14 Condominium Offer to Purchase

Topics

  • Explore the Condominium Offer to Purchase and all the documents that can be part of a purchase transaction.
  • Learn how to determine exactly what’s included in a condominium sale.
  • Discover how important deadlines for condominium documents can affect your transactions.
  • Master the different purposes of an amendment and notice.
  • Review how to describe a unit’s common elements and limited common elements.
WB-28 Cooperative Agreement

Topics

  • Learn when and how you can cooperate with licensees from other states.
  • Review the Wisconsin firm’s role when cooperating with out-of-state licensees.
  • Explore how to use the WB Cooperative Agreements to control an out-of-state licensee’s participation in a transaction.
  • Consider alternatives to cooperation such as referrals.
  • Understand how to best serve the parties when working with an out-of-state licensee.
WB-3 Vacant Land Listing Contract

Topics

  • Explore the Vacant Land Listing.
  • Learn how to determine exactly what’s included in a vacant land sale.
    • Discover important deadlines for the delivery of the vacant land disclosure report.
  • Consider how rights of first refusal, zoning and utility connections affect the transaction.
  • Review how to discuss government programs with the seller for disclosure purposes.
WB-13 Vacant Land Offer to Purchase

Topics

  • Explore the Vacant Offer to Purchase and all the documents that can be part of a purchase transaction.
  • Learn to correctly identify the property when a portion of an existing property is being offered for sale.
  • Consider how the purchase price may be affected by the survey.
  • Master using the proposed use contingency and understanding the uses of the various sub-contingencies.
  • Consider how zoning and subdivision restrictions affect a property’s use.
WB-5 Commercial Listing Contract

Topics

  • Explore the WB-5 Commercial Listing Contract.
  • Identify how to make sure your seller has the ability to sell a commercial building.
  • Consider how zoning classification can help you market a property.
  • Review agency and how to properly protect buyers.
  • Compare which terms an agent can amend with and without permission from a supervising broker.
WB-38 and WB-47 Buyer Agency/Tenant Forms

Topics

  • When a client can give a firm exclusive right to act as an agent.
  • Excluded properties subject to a prior agreement.
  • Various compensation models, such as flat-fee, hourly and retainer.
  • Disclosure to clients, protecting confidentiality and material adverse facts.
  • Lien notices and commercial transactions.
WB-15 Commercial Offer to Purchase

Topics

  • Explore the Commercial Offer to Purchase and all the documents that can be part of a purchase transaction.
  • Lean how to determine whether a seller has the authority to sell on behalf of an entity.
  • Discover when a seller provides estoppel letters to a buyer and why they are important.
  • Master how a buyer can use the document review contingency to request inventories, authority to sell and rent rolls.
  • Review how a buyer can use the environmental evaluation contingency to identify potential contamination on a property.
WB-37 Residential Listing Contract — Exclusive Right to Rent

Topics

  • Learn how to list a property when your property owner wants to rent the property instead of selling it.
  • Distinguish between duties of a listing agent and a property manager.
  • Consider how to expand a listing for rent into property management.
  • Identify WRA forms that can assist you in managing property when the owner wants to rent.
    • Explore critical rules related to trust accounts when listing a property for rent or engaging in property management.
WB-24 Option to Purchase

Topics

  • Learn how to use the WB-24 Option to Purchase to lock in a buyer’s right to buy a property without the obligation to actually purchase it.
  • Review how an option differs from an offer when it comes to the timing of inspections, testing and financing.
  • Explore scenarios when an option is a better fit than an offer for your buyer.
  • Consider how to create a rent-to-own scenario using an option with a lease.
  • Highlight when a buyer would want to record an option or record a document evidencing the option.
WB-2 Farm Listing Contract and WB-42 Amendment to Listing

Topics

  • Learn how to use the WB-2 Farm Listing Contract to describe the farm you are listing.
  • Explore how to accurately identify government programs that might restrict land use on a farm.
  • Consider how use value taxation might affect a transaction.
  • Review the definition of fixtures in relation to farm equipment and crops.
  • Discuss when post-closing occupancy might occur if there are existing crops on the property.
WB-12 Farm Offer to Purchase

Topics

  • Identify the complexities an agent may encounter in a farm transaction including use restrictions from government programs.
  • Expand your understanding of fixtures and personal property in the context of a farm where equipment and animals may be involved.
  • Consider how zoning is going to affect your buyer’s intended use of the property.
  • Understand the importance of identifying rental agreements that may affect the sale.
  • Review how to use contingencies to investigate water and waste treatment systems.
WB-6 Business Listing Contract – Exclusive Right to Sell

Topics

  • Explore the WB-6 Business Listing Contract.
  • Identify how to make sure your seller has the ability to sell the business.
  • Consider including or excluding the real property is going to affect the transaction.
  • Review how to identify items of personal property included in a sale.
  • Compare which terms an agent can amend with and without permission from a supervising broker.
WB-16 Offer to Purchase – Business with Real Estate Interest

Topics

  • Learn how to draft an offer on a business that includes real estate.
  • Identify personal and real property a buyer wants to purchase.
  • Consider the tax implications for how personal and real property are identified in the offer.
  • Determine when a buyer needs to consult tax advisers and attorneys in a business transaction.
  • Compare different real estate interests that may be conveyed, including owned and leased property.
WB-17 Offer to Purchase – Business Without Real Estate Interest

Topics

  • Learn how to draft an offer on a business that does not include real estate.
  • Identify personal property a buyer wants to purchase or lease.
  • Consider the tax implications for how personal property is identified in the offer.
  • Determine when a buyer needs to consult tax advisers and attorneys in a business transaction.
  • Compare leases that may be transferred or terminated in the sale.
WB-35 Simultaneous Exchange Agreement

Topics

  • Learn the process for engaging in a simultaneous exchange.
  • Consider whether a simultaneous exchange or a deferred exchanges is right for your parties.
  • Identify when to use the WB-35 Simultaneous Exchange Agreement.
  • Evaluate those exchanges for which the WB-35 Simultaneous Exchange Agreement is not appropriate.
  • Review drafting tips for all the WB forms.
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