Master the complete short sale lifecycle from seller qualification and lender negotiation to risk compliance and final closing. Intensive 8-module masterclass with a live case study workshop, hands-on table workgroup, and 10-question certification quiz (80% pass rate required).

A rare small-group workshop with industry expert Bob Norrell, including a live industry panel covering common pitfalls, REO economics, misunderstandings, and practical ways to strengthen your standing with clients and become an elite partner for asset managers.

The conference-opening reception and first opportunity to network with colleagues, clients, and leaders from across housing finance at HIX.

An introductory brief on the state of the industry from both servicing and foreclosure perspectives, setting the table for the Lab’s docket.

Opening up the day’s dialogue with a brief introduction to set the stage for all the important, insightful conversations to come.

Opening digital endpoints for high-volume referrals invites sophisticated cybersecurity threats. Data security, risk, and legal experts explore how bot incursions or ransomware trigger cascading domino effects capable of paralyzing the default ecosystem.

Changing market conditions are shifting asset management within REO. Industry leaders share practical insights into what servicers and asset management firms need from agents in today’s evolving environment.

Experts analyze how structural instability in the nation's valuation infrastructure paralyzes institutional risk-pricing. It exposes the critical market gap between data-hallucinating Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) and a catastrophic professional appraiser workforce shortage.

A practical discussion on what drives assignment decisions, how agents are evaluated once in the network, and what separates vendors who receive repeat assignments from those who don’t.

Servicing leaders explicitly debate how they structure, assign, and audit their legal networks, confronting the tension between centralized vendor management and the necessity of hyper-local judicial expertise.

A powerhouse panel of experts confront the future through a prognostic lens, utilizing data trends and strategic insights to predict where the industry is headed and how you can best prepare for what’s next.

Hosted at multiple off-site venues in Downtown Fort Worth, a short walk or shuttle from the hosting hotel.

Leading asset management executives discuss what it takes to earn and keep institutional business, including how the hold-to-rent decision is reshaping disposition strategy.

Every default firm is already using AI. How many have a real strategy for it without sacrificing their distinctives? Experts get to the heart of what firms, servicers, and lenders actually need to be building in 2027.

Long before a property reaches REO, there is business to build. This expert talk maps the full distressed lifecycle, from pre-foreclosure and short sales to probate, bankruptcy, equity listings, and investor deals, and shows where agents can earn relationships and referrals along the way. Plus, how to put AI to work on the pipeline, with real examples of organizing verified property information, preparing outreach, and building follow-up plans, while keeping client details protected and knowing when a conversation needs a personal touch.

An unscripted clash connecting traditional legal advisories with the hyper-aggressive monetization strategies of modern IMBs, non-bank servicers, and private equity capital.

A hands-on walkthrough from assignment to close. Covers pre-foreclosure engagement, occupancy management (Cash-for-Keys), and closing execution.

Platform vendors take the stage not for a sales pitch but to address the industry’s most critical bottlenecks in a live, moderator-led, unscripted debate. We challenge their architectures, audit trails, and ROI. Who can actually power the next decade of default servicing?

Training covering how to successfully list and market USDA REO properties, handle buyer qualifications, navigate the government sales process, and understand federal compliance requirements. Completers receive a USDA REO Broker Training Certificate.

Two minutes from the Sheraton at Acre Distilling Co. Exclusively for LegalX members, law firms, servicers, capital market firms, and invited industry leaders.

Exclusive, limited-seating event at a fully reserved private venue in Downtown Fort Worth. Must register in time to be included on the guest list.

An opening brief on the forces defining what may trade next: capital movement, asset supply, pricing pressure, policy shifts, and the changing housing investment landscape.

Pre-vetted asset holders, operators, and opportunity sponsors deliver rapid presentations of portfolios, pipelines, recurring inventory, and investment concepts. Each presenter answers four key questions: What is the opportunity, why now, what is being sought, and what should happen next?

A candid conversation on the institutional mandate, tackling timeline pressures, litigation risks, and operational bottlenecks, with a strategic roadmap for how attorneys, brokers, and vendors must align with servicer expectations.

Where defaults, delinquencies, insurance exposure, and property-level stress are quietly building, and where opportunity may surface before it becomes obvious.

Complicated title issues continue to delay and derail transactions. Experts probe probate complications, municipal liens, title defects, HOA disputes, and lien priority conflicts that impact timelines and marketability.

The indicators sophisticated investors watch beyond published data: local market psychology, servicer behavior, insurance availability, political movement, neighborhood momentum, and signals visible only to experienced operators.

This session puts auctions on trial. A debate-style panel of auction advocates, legal practitioners, and institutional operators dismantles the most common objections, making the case that auction is a critical asset, not a concession.

Executives from capital markets, servicing, and legal show how decisions in one part of the business reshape economics everywhere else and give leaders a cross-functional playbook they can take back to their companies.

The inside track on working with one of the industry’s leading servicers. Covers Shellpoint’s operational priorities, evolving vendor expectations, and where workflows are shifting network-wide.

Hosted at multiple off-site venues in Downtown Fort Worth, a short walk or shuttle from the hosting hotel.

The track most REO professionals haven’t cracked. Bringing together lenders, servicers, and asset managers who control HECM assignment flow with the qualified agents and brokers positioned to serve them.

How leading investors are using AI to source, screen, value, underwrite, and prioritize acquisitions faster, and where human judgment remains decisive.

Expert panel tracking failure points and key success strategies for deed-in-lieu and short sale executions, and operational hangups from borrower engagement fatigue to the closing table.

A second round of rapid presentations featuring recurring inventory, emerging pipelines, capital needs, redevelopment concepts, and opportunities still being shaped.

Executives and policy experts examine shifting expectations, how the elections impact CFPB posture, foreclosure moratorium risks, and how the next cycle of GSE policies will influence the default and REO markets.

Where money is moving, how capital is being structured, what return requirements are changing, and how buyers and sellers can bridge the pricing gap.

A fast, data-driven look at where the broader economy and housing market actually stand right now — rates, inventory, distress indicators, and the signals shaping the next 12 months. Discover the numbers that matter most for the decisions being made in this room.

A concise recap of the opportunities drawing interest, concepts selected for continued development, introductions being advanced, and next steps that begin after the DealX floor closes.

A fast read on where auction liquidity actually stands today: volume trends, buyer behavior, and pricing signals across the disposition landscape. Paul Viguerie, VP and Head of Commercial and Retail Brokerage at Hubzu, breaks down what the data is showing right now and what it signals for the months ahead.

REOX members, servicers, and invited industry leaders conclude the afternoon’s sessions with an exclusive party-before-the-final-party.

Close out conversations, lock in relationships, and raise a glass to the industry’s last big hurrah of the year.