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Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Back up your sales acumen by diving into the legal aspects of California 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
Form-of-the-Week: Occupancy Agreements — Interim and Holdover — Forms 271 and 272
Buyers and sellers use RPI Forms 271 and 272 to occupy property as tenants until a replacement residence is secured.
New California law requires landlords of low-income rental housing to allow pets
New California law allows pets in low-income housing.
Avoid Discrimination Risks in Rental Practices
Fighting implicit bias in the screening of tenant applicants.
New law aids Californians experiencing homelessness
California’s legislature continues to respond to the ongoing homelessness crisis with new legislation.
Regulators nab two California-based mortgage relief scammers
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint complaint against a massive mortgage assistance relief scam operation.
Implicit bias and fair housing soon required for licensing courses
Starting in 2024, implicit bias and fair housing training will be required to obtain a real estate license.
New laws mitigate the stress of the ADU permit process
Another win for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as Assembly Bill (AB) 2221 and Senate Bill (SB) 897 loosen the ADU restrictions even further — making it a little easier for ADU dreamers.
May a homebuyer intending to occupy a property evict a tenant when a COVID-19 eviction moratorium is in place?
Arche v. Scallon