by Scott C. Minter and Debra Peterson Conrad
[Formerly by Walter Raushenbush and James McDonald]
New Edition
2017 edition, 618 pages, $55.00
Completely Revised, Updated, and Expanded
The law school is proud to offer the 2017 edition of Wisconsin Real Estate Law, a book with a long history of service to the Wisconsin real estate community. Because earlier editions written by Walter Raushenbush and James MacDonald were widely used and referred to, Wisconsin Real Estate Law is regarded as a standard reference on real estate transactions for brokers, salespersons, lawyers, and other professionals.
The new edition of Wisconsin Real Estate Law (2017) completely updates the prior 2014 edition. It emphasizes the many changes resulting from new forms, new legislation, and recent court decisions. Each chapter of the respected treatise is updated to reflect changes and trends in Wisconsin Real estate practice.
As with past editions, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association has participated with the University of Wisconsin Law School in the authorship. This collaboration provides Wisconsin REALTORS® with practice-oriented discussions on contemporary legal and regulatory issues facing real estate professionals and parties in real estate transactions.
The new edition contains the current versions of many common real estate forms and provides thorough explanations of legal issues and practice problems that commonly arise in Wisconsin transactions.
Special Features of the 2017 Edition
- Completely updated text
- Helpful discussions and updated explanations tied to the new listing contract
- Expanded and updated discussions on important topics, such as the listing contract, agency duties, offer to purchase, disclosure obligations, and real estate licensure, closings, trust accounts, and landlord-tenant
- Updated chapters on closing issues, housing discrimination, land use controls, trust accounting and landlord/tenant
- Updated collection of real estate statutes and administrative regulations
About the Authors
Scott C. Minter is a senior lecturer and program attorney at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has co-authored each edition of Wisconsin Real Estate Law since 1994. He has also authored Wisconsin Real Estate Trust Accounts and co-authored Wisconsin Real Estate Clauses published by the law school. Mr. Minter was a contributing author of the 1998 edition of Titles to Real Estate, authored by James Vance. He has served as a member of the Real Estate Contractual Forms Advisory Council of the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing from 1984 to 2016.
Debra Peterson Conrad is director of legal services for the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). Before joining the WRA, she was in private practice, emphasizing real estate, condominium, small business, trusts and probate law. Her responsibilities for the WRA include writing the monthly Legal Update, drafting WRA forms and other publications, supervising the WRA Legal Hotline (8,000 REALTOR® calls per year). She co-authored the 2008, 2010, and 2014 editions of Wisconsin Real Estate Law.
