Learn how to manage a Structural Pest Control (SPC) report provider in real estate transactions and advise sellers and buyers on the disclosure of structural pests in the SPC report.
Structural pest control reports and repairs
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Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Back up your sales acumen by diving into the legal aspects of California real estate.
Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Legal Aspects of Real Estate.
Recent updates to the course e-book
- In Chapter 25, references to “a intervivos trust” should be “an intervivos trust.”
- In Chapter 33, in the third bullet point beginning “55 or older with an annual income…”, $15,000
should be $25,000 and $20,000 should be $35,000. - Answer Key for Quiz 9, Question 2. The correct answer should be “d.”, not “c.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
Newly published related content
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase agreement addenda for buyer agent — Forms 260, 261 and 266
A buyer agent uses RPI Form 260, 261 and 266 to determine the status of property conditions about whether the roof is adequate, hazard insurance is available and the purchase price is reasonably related to the property’s fair market value.
Lead-based paint disclosures
Learn about the federal lead-based paint disclosure and how to timely disclose to buyers the existence of a lead-based paint hazard on residential properties built prior to 1978.
New defensible space rules to harden improvements
New defensible space rules aim to protect suburban and rural homes from high wildfire risk.
Property disclosures: buyer retains a home inspector
Learn how a buyer agent uses a home inspection report (HIR) to confirm the condition of a property as disclosed by a seller or seller agent and advises their buyer on remedies for material defects in the property noted in an HIR but not disclosed prior to the seller entering into a purchase agreement.
Elevated elements? Elevated risk.
New legislation expands disclosures for elevated elements when buyers consider a unit located within a CID.
The home inspection report: to disclose and shield
Learn how to use a home inspection report (HIR) to mitigate liability risks for misrepresentation in the preparation of a seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS), exercise care in the section of a qualified home inspector and use an energy efficiency audit report by a certified home energy rater to market property.
Safety standards for improvements
Learn common safety standard conditions and violations found on residential properties and how to provide terms to remedy safety issues in a real estate transaction.
Development impact fees require reasonable cost estimates
When a development project increases the capacity of an existing water or sewer connection, a local agency may charge only for the additional capacity — not as though it were an entirely new connection.
