Your first tuesday real estate news

Week of Auguest 17, 2015

Back to Basics: Marketing your brand

In the real estate profession, image is everything. How potential clients see you determines whether or not they will want to hire you – and if they will remember you when their need for a real estate agent arises. Here are the actions you need to take to choose and implement your real estate brand. Read more

How do you use LinkedIn for your business?

Transfer Disclosure Statement – The seller’s mandated disclosure of property conditions

An analysis of the mandated property conditions disclosure.

Will the CFPB’s new disclosure rule delay closings?

See why the “Know Before You Owe” rules are receiving heavy criticism.

Legislative Gossip: August 2015

An updated list of pending real estate legislation in California.

Tech corner: RealLync hosts virtual home tours

Explore the features of this virtual home tour app.

Does the hardship of removing patio furniture grant a neighbor an equitable easement over a property owner’s land?

Get the ruling here.

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California tiered home pricing

Home prices rose throughout California in May 2015.

Is a property owner entitled to a tax refund for land that does not appear on parcel maps, but does appear on an assessor’s maps?

A California court of appeals weighs in.

FARM: October Newsletter 2015

A print-ready newsletter for the month of October.

How to time the market

Home prices and sales volume are seeing a slow rise in 2015.

FARM: Have fun this Labor Day

Give your clients some fun weekend ideas for Labor Day.

Cost-friendly gadgets for a “smart enough” home