Shannon Koch, CDRE®
What is a Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert?
As a Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert (CDRE), Shannon Koch is an expert in the field of family law who is specifically trained to support the real estate needs in a case.
Coupled by her own years of Real Estate experience with the CDRE® specialty training and unique Code of Ethics, you will see her experience exceed in every category:
- Conflict mitigation
- Judicial economy is promoted
- Lawyers are prepared and informed
- Clients are represented by a trained neutral
To become a CDRE, her experience and knowledge was vetted by Illumni Institute's rigorous application and interview process. Once accepted into Illumni's CDRE® program, she was taught by a faculty of family law attorneys, mediators, certified mortgage professionals, and real estate experts to become the best person in the area to handle your family law real estate matters.
CDREs offer three main services to the family law community and their clients:
- Education: Real estate is in constant flux, and the state of the real estate market and trends impact how cases are handled. As a CDRE, Shannon will consistently provide you with:
- Real estate market data and trends
- Lessons from cases that everyone can learn from
- Nuances of the real estate / divorce crossover
- Resources: Every case with real property will need information. Shannon can be your one resource for all things real estate, including:
- Title Documents: legal descriptions, deeds, property profiles
- Market Pricing Opinions: sight unseen and full reports, supported by expert testimony
- Challenges: foreclosures, equity buy-out questions, liens, creative settlement structures
- Divorce Listings: The listing of a house in a divorce case presents many challenges that CDREs are trained to handle, including:
- Mutual agreement on pricing, offers, showings, terms
- Sale Sabotage
- Court orders and proceeds distribution
- Temporary Restraining Orders
