Shorts Sales & Loss Mitigation Speaker List

Some local and state associations may choose to invite guest speakers or trainers to address their memberships. Organizations interested in engaging the services of a guest speaker may be interested in the following list.

Note: NAR does not recommend speakers. This list is provided as a resource only.

• VAR Special Counsel Lem Marshall speaks on this topic for local associations and at the annual VAR convention. 

• Neil Kalin
  Neil Kalin is the Assistant Legal Counsel for the California Association of REALTORS®. He provides training to the California Association of REALTORS® and local associations on short sales, foreclosures and REOs DRE credit. He has also been endorsed by Bay East Association of REALTORS®.

• Robert Kutschbach
  Robert Kutschbach of Hondros College and Carleton Realty presented at the NAR Risk Management Forum at 2008 Annual Conference on “Short Sales and Other High Risk Transactions in Today’s Environment” as well as at a number of other real estate conferences.

• Marki Lemons, ABR, ABRM, CRB, CRS, SRES
  Chicago-based Realtor® and Short Sales Expert offers a three-day training course.

• Lynn Madison, ABR, ABRM, GRI, SRES, SRS
  Lynn Madison has been an instructor at the NAR convention for over 10 years and has been an instructor for both the At Home with Diversity program and the entire array of REBAC designation programs since ABR become a part of the NAR family. Recently, Lynn co-authored the re-write of the REBAC Short Sales and Foreclosures: What Every Buyer Agent Needs to Know program and speaks nationally on the issue of preparing Realtors for working with short sales.

• Kimberly J. McLean, Broker
  Kimberly McLean has 13 years of mortgage banking experience. She is host of "Let's Talk Real Estate" an Internet radio talk show designed to empower a healthy real state recovery.

• Frank Mears ABR, ABRM, CRB, GRI, SRES
  Frank Mears is approved to teach the REBAC course and teaches a number of designation courses.

• Loni Parmelly
  Loni Parmelly of SSQ Consulting has recently published a book called “Success in Short Sales.”

• Michael and Stacy Spickes
  Michael and Stacy Spickes spoke at the 2008 REALTORS® Conference & Expo and will be panelists on the Housing Opportunity Forum at 2009 Midyear Meetings.

• Phillip Tesoriero
  Phillip Tesoriero teaches the first day of the short-sales certificate course offered by the Long Island Board of REALTORS®.