A message from C.A.R. President Jared Martin

Dear CAR Member,   For the past couple of months, C.A.R. has been negotiating amendments to two rental housing bills, AB 1482 (Chiu) and AB 1481 (Grayson and Bonta), that would have removed C.A.R.’s opposition. Unfortunately, the bills, as amended, do not satisfy...

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Start an Offer: Available in Paragon

We are excited to deliver a new and exciting feature for the Collaboration Center with the upcoming 5.72 release of Paragon. The new Start an Offer feature further strengthens the relationship and speeds up communication between Paragon Users and their Consumers! The...

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Lead Generation and Social Media Marketing

Let your listings do the talking on Facebook & Instagram with JustListed.Social, a C.A.R. Business Products Partner. Via this social marketing partner, you can promote a Just Listed, Just Sold, Price Change or Open House campaign without a long-term commitment....

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DRE Conducting Random Broker Office Surveys

The Department of Real Estate’s Summer 2019 Bulletin warns brokers of the possibility of being investigated at random through what the DRE calls, “Broker Office Surveys,” which appear to be a type of limited audit. See the Bulletin article titled, “What is a...

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The State of the Nation’s Housing 2019

From the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University Although household growth is returning to a more normal pace, this report shows that housing production still falls short of what is needed, which is keeping pressure on house prices and rents and eroding...

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Top 5 Remodeling Mistakes Homeowners Make

Unfortunately, while renovation mistakes do happen, they can be costly. If you can at all avoid them, you should. With that in mind, I've laid out a list of the top renovation mistakes that homeowners make, as well as some advice on what you can do to ensure that they...

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