News

May 2004 Issue

Top Stories

• E-mail Newsletters
  E-mail newsletters can be a great tool for boosting your business. As many of us are aware, Web sites alone can not turn 100 percent of our visitors into clients. In fact, just the opposite is true.

• Mortgage Funding Problems...A Solution?
  Many Legal Hotline callers have complained about lenders who do not fund at the closing table. In some cases final loan and funding approvals are not completed until review of the closing documents by the funding source following settlement.

• The USA Patriot Act: How It Affects Real Estate
  In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States Congress enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. The thrust of the legislation is to "deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world [and] to enhance...

• Legislature Suspends Trans 233
  On January 28, 2004, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee for Reviewing Administrative Rules (JCRAR) voted to suspend major sections of Trans 233, an administrative rule regulating land divisions that abut state highways.