Get Real: The Real Property Issue by Ronald D. Wiley Jr. The Virginia State Bar Real Property Section concerns itself “with all fi elds of real estate practice and procedure in the Commonwealth of Virginia” and exists in part “to spon-sor publications . . . of special interest and relevance to the members of the section and the Virginia State Bar in fi elds of real estate practice and procedure, and to further the public’s understanding of their rights and obligations in such areas of law.” 1 We intend this issue of Virginia Lawyer to be relevant to members of the Bar who may not practice regularly in the area of law that primarily concerns our section. Members of our section often deal with other fi elds of law practice indirectly affecting real estate practice and procedure. We sometimes need to resolve the unintended but very real consequences or the failure to accomplish intended outcomes of legal representation involving ancillary real property law issues. Many members of the Bar may not have needed to consider pure real estate practice and procedure issues since studying for the bar exam and, yet, many legal issues can affect real property rights and obligations. The Real Property Section proudly thanks its mem-bers who contributed to this issue of Virginia Lawyer . Susan Bradford Tarley’s article on common interest communities and managers should be helpful to anyone living in a neigh-borhood with a common interest owners association. Former Section Chair Lewis Biggs reminds us that bankruptcy dis-charge may not be a complete solution for avoiding pre-bank-ruptcy debts. Former Section Chairs Kay Creasman and Paul Melnick offer useful pointers for anyone drafting deeds in matters primarily involving other practice areas. And Kay Creasman shares information about transfer on death deeds that originally appeared in our section’s periodical fi ve years ago but remains relevant today. We hope these articles will interest not only members of our section but also members of the Bar at large and help attorneys avoid those unintend-www.vsb.org ed consequences and unaccomplished objectives in matters involving real property. The Real Property Section welcomes any members of the Virginia State Bar, even those whose practices may only occa-sionally involve real property issues, to join our section. We are a friendly and very collegial group of lawyers who enjoy our professional association. Our $25 section dues cover two issues of The Fee Simple , our section publication, annually. We also co-sponsor two live annual continuing educa-tion programs with Virginia CLE ® each spring: an advanced program typically in early March, and another program in May covering important and relevant legislative and case law updates along with other current topics presented at three locations around the Commonwealth. Section members are given discounts almost equal to their section dues to register for either of these great annual programs. A real deal! Endnote: 1 Bylaws of the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar, Art. I, § 2, adopted June 18, 2010 (italics added) Ron Wiley Jr. is the 2019–2020 chair of the Real Property Section. He has been a real estate lawyer in Charlottesville since graduating in 1983 from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. Ron became underwriting counsel with Old Republic Title in 2016. He is a frequent presenter of continuing education programs for real estate profes-sionals and has helped teach a real estate transactions and fi nance course at the University of Richmond law school every year since 2013. Wiley has been married to Gail Hyder Wiley since 1980, and they have two adult sons. REAL PROPERTY | Vol. 68 | October 2019 | VIRGINIA LAWYER 17