Learn the difference between exclusive and open client representation agreements and understand the use of exclusive representation agreements as best practice for client representation.
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Implicit Bias, Office Management & Supervision, Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk Management
Cap off your license renewal with this one-stop interdisciplinary volume included with your renewal course. Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Implicit Bias, Office Management & Supervision, Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk Management.
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Reading the legal tea leaves — the parallel need to conform tenant representation to new buyer representation rules for commercial transactions
The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.
The agency law disclosure
Learn when the statutorily-mandated Agency Law Disclosure is required.
California’s for-sale inventory growth: waning buyer enthusiasm
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.
Letter to the Editor: What happens to buyer representation agreements and fees when an agent changes brokers?
A buyer representation agreement runs with the broker, not the agent.
DRE Bulletin Digest: Fall/Winter 2024
The DRE’s Real Estate Bulletin keeps licensees informed on new codes and regulations significant to real estate practice, common violations of real estate rules of conduct, and real estate education opportunities.
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement variations and their addenda
The diversity of people, properties and situations in real estate transactions requires a diverse array of purchase agreements on which to write and submit an offer to acquire real estate.
Different types of estates and ways to divide their ownership
This series showcases the fundamental real estate knowledge needed by a DRE licensee to develop a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) to be handed to a client.
Conflicts of interest and consent to represent
Learn how to recognize the types of business arrangements and personal relationships which give rise to conflicts of interest for agents in real estate transactions, how to identify conflicts of interests, and disclose and obtain consent to the relationships presenting a conflict of interest.
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