Author: Amy Platero

Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement with Short Sale Contingency, and Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure — Forms 150-5 and 406

Alternative methods to a foreclosure sale on mortgaged property include a short sale and a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. RPI Form 150-5 allows a buyer to purchase a property when the mortgage holder agrees to take a reduced payoff to satisfy the debt and clear title. RPI Form 406 allows an owner to deed their property directly to their mortgage holder.

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Referral fees to transaction agents from third-party providers prohibited

Learn to identify impermissible fees for your referral of a transaction participant to a third-party provider as a duplicate charge and a prohibited kickback and establish broker-owned services and refer clients to use them to capture legally entitled profit from transactional services otherwise received by third-party providers.

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Condition of property: the owner’s disclosures for symmetric information

Learn the seller broker duty to inspect and disclose their observations and knowledge about a property’s condition to prospective buyers, preparation and delivery of the seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) and recognize the home inspection report (HIR) as a risk mitigation activity.

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