by Heather | Mar 12, 2019 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
While we all are concerned about cybercrime and identity theft, it appears taking someone’s money the old-fashioned way has reappeared in a short sale EMD scam. The alleged scam appears to follow the same basic format. An agent claims to have a listing for a...
by Heather | Mar 6, 2019 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
DRE Weighs In on “Coming Soon” Advertising: “Be Sure to Maintain Fiduciary Responsibility for Your Client or Face Civil and Regulatory Liability” The Department of Real Estate has included in its 2018 Winter Real Estate Bulletin, an article which discusses the risks...
by Heather | Feb 5, 2019 | C.A.R., Legal
This month’s legal tools topic, Negotiation After Inspection, introduces a new form, Amendment of Existing Agreement Terms (AEA) and how this form and the Request for Repairs (RR) and Response to Request for Repairs (RRRR) forms may each be used in the...
by Heather | Feb 4, 2019 | Legal, NAR
The National Association of REALTORS® is calling a recent ruling from the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service on the new 20 percent deduction on qualified business income a “significant victory” for real estate professionals. The department and...
by Heather | Jan 31, 2019 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Domino’s Pizza may have to conform its website to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 to ensure that disabled persons have as full and equal enjoyment to its website as non-disabled persons. In the case...
by Heather | Nov 8, 2018 | C.A.R., Legal, TSBOR, TSMLS
AB 1289 (Arambula) and AB 2884 (Irwin), C.A.R.’s sponsored real estate law cleanup bill, was signed into law by the Governor. C.A.R. has been involved in a multi-year effort to update the real estate law including updating terminology and clarifying the law to...
