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Legal Aspects of Real Estate
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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
DRE Hot Seat: Unlicensed activities and trust fund violations
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, a real estate corporation surrendered their broker license in connection with disciplinary action taken by the Department of Real Estate (DRE) regarding licensed activities performed while unlicensed, maintaining fund shortages totaling more than $300,000, and other related trust fund violation
New security deposit limitations for California’s residential landlords
Security deposit rules are tightening for California residential landlords in 2024.
May an agency remove an encroachment on a public road to restore parking without first completing an environmental impact report (EIR)?
Anderson v. County of Santa Barbara
Federal multi-family building incentives for California builders
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) adds several incentives for builders and multi-family property owners making energy efficient improvements.
Form-of-the-Week: The Counteroffer, and Counteroffer Addendum — Forms 180 and 180-1
The seller responds to a buyer’s offer Typically, a buyer submits a purchase agreement offer to a seller through their respective agents. The seller, on receipt of the offer, has two choices, either: accept the buyers offer as stated in their purchase agreement; or...
May a landlord maintain an unlawful detainer (UD) action against a tenant who had a prior conflict with the landlord when the landlord intends to remove the property from the rental market?
640 Octavia, LLC. v. Karl Heinz Pieper
New law prioritizes local general plan over zoning ordinances
A local government’s general plan doesn’t always mesh with local zoning ordinances.
No more owner-occupancy requirements for ADUs
AB 976 is the latest in a long line of pro-ADU legislation to make its mark on California’s anemic housing landscape.