Course Description
This program provides you with an overview of the nuts and bolts of court appointed receiverships with a focus on real estate. Instructor Stephen Donell, CCIM, President of FedReceiver, Inc. has administered approximately 900 receiverships in state/federal court over the last 20 years. He brings his “in the trenches experience” navigating the complexities of real estate receiverships and the opportunities for real estate brokers to work with receivers.
Learn the language of receiverships, the life cycle of a receiver sale and position yourself to gain valuable insights regarding what receivers look for when retaining brokers.
Course highlights include:
- Receivership Terminology
- Differences between bankruptcy and receivership
- Receivership lifecycle
- Receiver selection/appointment process
- Asset classes in receivership
- Nuances to real estate sales within receivership cases
- Pitfalls/warnings and opportunities for brokers
- Mastery of key receivership elements to assist brokers in business development with receivers

Stephen J. Donell, CPM®, CCIM, ARM® has been active in various fields of real estate since 1984. Since that time, Mr. Donell has been involved in the acquisition, development, marketing, and management of properties primarily located in the western United States. Property types include office, retail, industrial, multi-family, hotel, motel, mobile home parks, self-storage, land, single family, and condominiums.
Mr. Donell is the President of Jalmar Properties, Inc. AMO®, a real estate investment and property management company experienced in the acquisition, development and management of office, retail, industrial, single-family and multi-family properties, including duplexes up to apartments with hundreds of units.
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