I’m considering switching my focus to real estate but want to refresh myself on the subject. Any books or other publications you would recommend?

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Don’t do it. Billing 1-2 hours a day. Real estate associate lol

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Got it. My RE group is small relative to firm size so any and all RE work falls to us. It’s usually split even financing, leasing, acquisitions, m&a but obviously now it’s become almost all financing

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Texas transactional real estate associate here, and I know how fortunate I am (and this may be an anomaly), but I just had a 160-hour April, and have closed 4 deals since quarantine. I recommend searching your state bar’s cle website (and state bar real estate section) for real estate cle courses; Texas has a yearly advanced real estate course that has hours of incredibly helpful content. Start poking around form commercial leases if you can find them (plenty of issues to come in that industry), purchase contracts, title and survey review, and some development (construction, zoning, etc) topics. This is a great opportunity to take as much extra time as you can spare gathering knowledge so you at least have some lingo at the ready. Good luck!

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If your firm has fees access to PLI or Practical Law those are good places to start. If you have a firm library, Practical Real Estate Lawyer is a great publication. The ABA RPTE Section has some great intro books. Their magazine Probate & Property is also good.

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Not sure what you do now, but maybe not the best time to be switching to real estate.

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If you have worked with any title companies in the past, reaching out to their title counsel or business development contacts with questions is incredibly helpful and they’re happy to take the time to help because you will keep them in mind when you’re representing buyers/borrowers in the future.

You also get free stuff.

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Find some CLEs or just some how-tos on title and survey review. That’s a fundamental aspect of a real estate deal.

Real estate is generally state specific so check out your Bar’s CLE courses and materials. There are opportunities out there just don’t box yourself into a small niche now. There are a lot of areas in real estate. Become well rounded. It will help your practice and your clients.

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