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Chapter 2: The MLS environment. The updated statutory Agency Law Disclosure
and confirmation provision went into effect the beginning of 2019. Both the
content of the form and when it is to be used have been modified. For a
thorough analysis of the new disclosure and confirmation practices, see the
January 2019 article, What you need to know about the refreshed – and mostly
improved – Agency Law Disclosure.
Chapter 32: The breaching buyer’s responsibilities. The first subhead on page
350 should read “Interest depends on property use.”
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
California’s welfare exemption partially exempts qualifying properties owned by eligible nonprofit organizations and entities from property taxes when they build or convert residential rental housing serving low-income tenants. Now, the welfare exemption is expanded in three counties to include moderate-income tenants when eligible.
A residential landlord uses the Application to Rent to obtain information on the tenant and screen their creditworthiness. Beginning April 2027, when a residential landlord delivers their Application to Rent to a tenant, they will include a Pet Addendum.
Learn to identify man-made environmental hazards located on and off a property and how to advise clients on the effect environmental hazards have on the value and desirability of a property and disclose environmental hazards to prospective buyers.
The DRE’s Summer 2026 Real Estate Bulletin directs the attention of licensees towards suspicious sellers, audits, and when brokers need an MLO license endorsement.
Bankruptcy numbers were artificially low in 2020-2021. Prepare for today’s zombie businesses to fold as the economy stalls.
Beginning April 2027, California law requires a landlord to disclose their pet addendum on their property website, online advertisements and rental search engines and upon delivering a prospective tenant a rental application.
Learn the various types of natural hazards which sellers disclose to buyers, how to comply with seller disclosures of natural hazards and mitigate agent liability by using a natural hazard expert to investigate the public record for known hazards unknown to the agent.
Learn the use restrictions and operating conditions placed on conduct in HOA communities, the obligations and assessments imposed on an owner of a unit in a CID and how a seller agent requests CID documents concerning use restrictions and HOA finances from the HOA for delivery to prospective buyers when marketing a CID unit for sale.
A new law limits application of laws that promote dense transit-oriented housing by prohibiting construction on sites near transit stop zones governed by mobilehome or RV park regulations.
