Robert Finlay is the worthy recipient of the 2021 Phil Adleson Education & Advocacy Award. The award is presented annually to a member who both educates and advocates on behalf of UTA and its membership. The stringent criteria for the award includes being a ‘master teacher’, who has presented and...
Chet Sconyers of First American Mortgage Solutions was awarded the Dorothy Schick Member of the Year Award at the UTA’s annual meeting, held November 8th during the Association’s 46th Annual Education Conference. Sconyers received the award for serving as a Director to UTA and Treasurer for two years. “He has...
Nineteen Silent Auction items were sold during the Annual Dinner Event at the 46th Annual Education Conference raising $2,410, a record high, for the Association. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction prizes that led to such a successful event. – Rande Johnsen gave the...
The United Trustees Association held an election of the general membership at the Association’s Annual Meeting on November 8th, 2021. The election was mandated by the Association’s bylaws. Re-elected as Directors were Randy Newman of Total Lender Solutions and Michelle Mierzwa of Wright, Finlay & Zak. Also elected were Elizabeth...
Speed Networking has been added to the UTA Conference Agenda. The session will be held from 8:15 am – 9:00 am in the exhibit hall during breakfast on Monday morning, November 7th. Groups of four will meet for six minutes and then quickly be re-assigned to a new ‘hi-top’. It’s...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills of interest into law. AB 1405 and SB 531 expand notification and collection debt settlement requirements. Read the summary provided by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
UTA’s California Basic Trustee Certification Class is Offered Sunday, November 7th at the 46th Annual Conference in Reno. The Basic Foreclosure Certification Course Syllabus includes: Outline of state foreclosure procedures; Monetary and non-monetary defaults; Judicial v. nonjudicial foreclosures; What a Lender provides to the Trustee; What a Trustee does; Notice...
Bring your checkbooks and credit cards to the UTA Conference and start your holiday shopping early. We’ll have amazing items for bid – including the latest electronic products, jewelry, purses, and sports tickets – with values ranging from $100 to $300 per item. Most items are sold for half of...
UTA’s California Trustees Fee Calculator has been updated and is available to members only. To access the calculator, go here, and contact the UTA office for your member password.
Please welcome the following ten new members to UTA: – Greg DeCastro, Auction.com, Irvine, CA – Elli Djamas, Beacon Default Management, Agoura Hills, CA – Arlene Fontes, Chicago Title Company, Fresno, CA – Arminda Gomez-Reza, Independent Foreclosure Services, South Pasadena, CA – Helen Hinkle, All Points Property Services, Inc., Apple...