Holt v. Brock
Does a broker appointed by court order to sell a property owe fiduciary duties to the co-owners of the property?
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Due Diligence and Disclosures
Get the most for your clients and protect your hard-earned fee by reviewing the forms you’ll encounter in brokerage services. Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Due Diligence and Disclosures.
Recent updates to the course e-book
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.
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