by Heather | Mar 20, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Real Estate Mediation Center for Consumers offers a highly qualified pool of specially trained, objective and reliable mediation professionals to assist home buyers and sellers (as well as other parties to real estate...
by Heather | Mar 13, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
As realtors, our relationships with people are the foundation of our business. Relationships lead to referrals, which make our businesses sustainable. Otherwise, real estate is just a job, not a career, and we are (effectively) unemployed after each and every deal....
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 11, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
by Heather | Mar 7, 2019 | C.A.R., TSBOR, TSMLS
AB 599 (Maienschein) Affordable Owner-Occupied Workforce Housing: Definition – Currently, there is no uniformly used definition in state law for “affordable owner-occupied workforce housing” or “affordable workforce housing”. The Department of Housing and...
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...
