Real Estate Made Reel: Videos by first tuesday

Latest video published 9/3/2019

• When and How to Pay for Investigative Property Reports

  See how the broker and their agent engineer a greater likelihood of a successful closing – and increase transaction transparency – by offsetting the fee earned on a sale by the amount of the seller’s cost of third-party investigative reports.

• The Seller’s Motivation to Sell

  Watch how a seller’s willingness and financial ability to fund fundamental property disclosures serves as a critical indicator of their motivation to sell – and significantly impacts the agent’s risk of a failed transaction during the representation period.

• Staging Sets a Buyer’s Expectations

  See how a buyer’s enforceable expectations about property conditions are set at the time a purchase agreement is entered into, and how buyer agents gravitate towards properties offered with investigative third-party reports and seller disclosures in a complete marketing package.

• The Seller’s Costs to Properly Market their Property for Sale

  See how third-party investigative reports transform the marketability of your seller’s property by taking the “what ifs” out of real estate.

• Placing Signs Off-Site

  Placing real estate signs on private or public property without permission is a misdemeanor public nuisance in California, making the broker liable for local government enforcement and penalties under the Penal Code. Knowledge of the rules is your reputation – and money – saved.

• Reasonable Restrictions on the Placement of “For Sale” Signs

  While California law and the First Amendment generally protect a property owner's right to display "For Sale" signs, these rights are subject to reasonable government and HOA regulations regarding safety, dimensions and placement in common areas.

• Real Estate Sign Placement – It Matters

  The first episode of our new series dramatizes how to properly display a “For Sale” sign on a property on behalf of the seller to advertise the property for sale, and understand when permission is needed to advertise a property with a “For Sale” sign in a common interest development (CID).

• Resolving a Seller’s Dual Liability when Changing Brokers

  The final episode of our new series dramatizes the representation dilemma created for the seller when the retainer period under a new representation agreement overlaps a safety clause period in an expired representation agreement with a prior broker.

• Due-on clause exceptions and waivers

  This article covers exceptions and waivers to the enforceability of the due-on clause present in all trust deeds and enforced on sales only during a cycle of rising long-term fixed rate mortgage rates.

• A closer look at the due-on clause

  This article covers an owner’s use of property rights which allows a mortgage holder to capitalize on the due-on clause to extract further profit by calling the mortgage due and payable, or waiving the call to modify the interest rate and payment schedule at current market rates.

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