Protect your most valuable assets, avoid costly financial traps, and make smart property decisions to secure your future during a separation.
Divorce-related real estate transactions are fundamentally different from standard property sales, carrying unique legal, financial, and emotional complexities that can significantly impact outcomes for clients. Unlike typical listings, these sales often involve competing interests between spouses, court-imposed conditions, and heightened risk of delays or failed transactions.
This practical session unpacks the real-world challenges professionals face when handling property sales during separation and divorce. It focuses on identifying the structural differences between matrimonial and standard sales, anticipating common legal and procedural pitfalls, and managing high-conflict scenarios that can derail a transaction. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of how to guide clients through sensitive decision-making, reduce friction, and keep transactions on track even in contentious circumstances.
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President | Shuster Real Estate
In 2012 Michael Shuster became Ontario’s first official Real Estate Divorce Specialist© and in 2019 Ontario’s first Certified Divorce Specialist (C.D.S.®), Michael has helped hundreds of couples navigate the complications that arise during two of life’s most stressful experiences — selling a home and going through divorce. Having worked closely with many Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Coaches, CDFAs, and other professionals, he brings deep insight into the legal, financial, and logistical complexities and challenges of divorce, and how they directly affect the sale of a Matrimonial Home and other real estate assets in a divorce. Having gone through his own acriomonious divorce, Michael understands the intense emotions and tough decisions couples face when separating their lives and assets. Michael is also the author of the Amazon Best-Seller: "Divorce & Selling Your Home: Everything Legal, Financial & Practical You Need To Know!" — a trusted resource for anyone seeking clarity, confidence, and answers to the most common and important questions when selling a home in divorce. Many Family Law Lawyers have endorsed this book and one recently insisted that every associate Lawyer and articling student in their firm read the book.
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