Real estate attorney Mark Strombotne will be a guest speaker at the upcoming Northern California Escrow Association Conference on July 15, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in San Ramon, CA.   The title of Mark’s topic is:  “How to avoid Black Magic or Escrow Liability in a Short Sale”.  The NorCal Escrow Conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel, 2600 Bishop Drive, San Ramon, California 94583.  You need not be a member of the Association to attend. 
Mark Strombotne’s will discuss an escrow agent’s duty to comply with a lender’s instructions for the disbursement of funds, the dangers of short sale scams for escrow agents, the dangers of paying short sale negotiators outside of escrow, and other escrow liability topics.
Please click the following link for details about the NorCal Escrow Conference:
http://www.ceaescrow.org/ed/2011/NorCalBrochure-2011.pdf