by Heather | Jan 21, 2021 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
Proposition 19 allows homeowners who are 55 and older, people with severe disabilities, wildfire or natural disaster victims to transfer their current property tax base to a replacement home anywhere in California. It also changes the rules on exemptions from...
by Heather | Dec 30, 2020 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
Source: Real Estate Weekly Netflix wants to help end systemic racism in real estate. The streaming giant announced this week it was donating $25 million to a national effort to combat housing discrimination. Their funds are going to Enterprise Community Partners, a...
by Heather | Apr 7, 2020 | Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
UPDATE: Our Government Affairs Director, John Falk, has confirmed that Residential and Commercial Real Estate are considered Essential Services within Nevada County, Placer County and El Dorado County when best practices are followed. This could change at...
by Heather | Apr 6, 2020 | Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
TSBOR member, Russ Baruh, shared his conversation with CAR Legal on how to handle our Ski Lease situation, where the tenant does not actually shelter in place at the Ski Lease property. The CAR Legal Hot Line attorney felt that the tenant can come up, clean,...
by Heather | Mar 4, 2020 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
DBO Action Against Brokers Denies In-House Escrow Exemption – Per DRE’s Real Estate Bulletin The Department of Business Oversight, the California agency which regulates independent escrows, recently brought an action against two real estate brokers who attempted to...
by Heather | Feb 3, 2020 | Legal, NAR, TSBOR
A new scam is circulating in which tricksters pose as real estate agents and other trusted professionals, asking for financial “favors” from unsuspecting victims. In one example of the scheme, a scammer may pretend to be a real estate practitioner asking his or her...
