Gain confidence when you're up to date on trending land topics. Experts in the field will help you build ongoing expertise on current issues and provide tools to use in your daily business. Our one-hour webinar format is a fast way to get informed on issues impacting landowners, brokers and agents, and the industry. Check back soon for details on upcoming webinars.

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1031 Exchanges Involving Oil & Gas and Other Minerals

Thursday, May 28 | 1 pm Central
No cost to RLI members; $25 for Non Members

Unlock new opportunities in 1031 exchanges with a deep dive into natural resource properties! This webinar moves beyond the basics to explore oil and gas interests, clearly breaking down what qualifies (and what doesn’t), while highlighting common “gotchas” that can derail a deal and how to avoid them with smart, strategic planning. You’ll gain practical insight into like-kind exchanges involving minerals in place, royalty and working interests, publicly traded royalty trusts, and emerging opportunities like carbon sequestration, plus a look at other assets such as aggregate and sand mines. 

If you’re ready to navigate complex transactions with more confidence and close more deals, this session is built for you.

Speaker
Craig Brown is a Senior Vice President and Regional Manager with Investment Property Exchange Services (IPX1031), where he oversees thousands of 1031 exchanges each month across the Central U.S. A Baylor University graduate with both a B.B.A. in Finance and a J.D., he brings more than 28 years of experience and has trained over 25,000 attorneys, CPAs, REALTORS®, and escrow professionals on like-kind exchanges. He is also President of the Federation of Exchange Accommodators and a longtime instructor with the REALTORS Land Institute, making him a leading authority on complex 1031 transactions, including oil and gas interests.

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RLI Advocacy Update: Current Issues Impacting Land

Thursday, June 25 | 1 pm Central
No cost to RLI members; $25 for Non Members

Hear from tax and land policy experts for a deeper look at what's happening in Washington, DC and the impact on land real estate. Plus hear what issues were top priority at the June REALTOR Legislative Meetings.

Presented by Russell Riggs, NAR Advocacy Liaison for RLI and Evan Liddiard, NAR Director of Tax Policy

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How Understanding Conservation Easements Can Help You Sell More Land

Wednesday, July 22 | 1 pm Central
No cost to RLI members; $25 for Non Members

Whether you currently work with conservation easements or not, a clear understanding of how they function can significantly elevate your ability to serve land clients. 

In this session, we’ll break down what conservation easements are and how they impact title, explore key considerations for both buyers and sellers when a property is encumbered, and examine how easement-related incentives can motivate hesitant buyers to move forward. We’ll also cover the latest state and federal developments shaping the future of conservation easements to equip you with timely insights to better advise and advocate for your clients.

Speaker - Ariel Steele
Ariel Steele helps landowners preserve their land and gain financial rewards through conservation easement income tax credits in Colorado and New Mexico. Ariel started her career as an attorney in Los Angeles and moved to the Pacific Island nation of Palau to practice law there as well. She switched her focus to land conservation in 1999 when she started working for a county government in Colorado, where she concentrated on conservation easement transactions and stewardship. In 2005, she became the owner of Tax Credit Connection, Inc., where she continues to work with tax credits. Ariel has expertise in several transferable tax credit programs, including environmental remediation (brownfields) credits and historic rehabilitation credits. Ariel also presents around the country on topics ranging from the state and federal tax benefits when donating a conservation easement, how to avoid conservation easement audits, and the environmental remediation and historic preservation tax credit programs. She is helping to create new conservation incentives in several states and, as well on the federal level, in Congress.

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