This collection of papers by a real estate lawyer outlines:

• The basic requirements of an Alberta residential real estate transaction when acting for a seller.

• Basic information on the Western Law Societies Conveyancing Protocol for Alberta including topics like when the Protocol is used, commercial property, closing a transaction, dealing with rejections, and making claims under the Protocol.

• Fundamental on condominium transactions including a discussion of bare land condos, condominium fees and special levies, typical searches, and the requirement on a seller to produce condominium documents.

• Issues surrounding the obligation on a seller to provide a real property report, closing without one, and compliance issues including encroachments.

• Common problems for example dower requirements, non-resident vendors, liens, caveats and writs and how to deal with them.

Precedents and other valuable information attached.

These papers were presented at the Residential Real Estate for Legal Support Staff program in January-February 2014.