Find out who excelled and who missed the list in this year’s compilation of the 50 largest brokerages in California.
California’s 50 largest brokerages
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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.
Recent updates to the course e-book
05/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance have been edited into this e-book.
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California DRE now prohibited from requiring information on licensees’ citizenship, immigration status
This change will give the DRE oversight over more Californians acting as agents.
DRE Bulletin Digest Winter 2018/19
A review of the Winter 2018 DRE Real Estate Bulletin.
NMLS 2019 8-hour continuing education topics
A digest of the required 2019 NMLS CE topics.
The Hazards Disclosure Booklets
This article highlights the use of first tuesday’s Hazards Disclosure Booklets by a seller’s agent to provide environmental hazard and energy efficiency related information to all prospective buyers, and by a buyer’s agent to review with their buyer the consequences of any hazards disclosed as existing on the property.
The truth about giving tax advice to clients
Tracing agent misconceptions Many agents erroneously believe they cannot give their clients advice on the legal and tax aspects of a transaction, but this is not the case. Much of the confusion is rooted in the National Association of Realtor® (NAR)’s code of ethics,...
Study finds typical fee structure harms clients, experienced agents
A recent study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) highlights the inefficiencies inherent in the traditional fee split model.
Editorial: Do real estate agents receive commissions or fees?
first tuesday has long argued for the use of the word fee instead commission.
7 Outside the Box Real Estate Marketing Ideas
In California, the number of homes sold in September 2018 was 14% lower when compared to the home sales volume in September 2017. Currently, that’s the hot news that hit the real estate market. As we get into 2019, home sales rates are expected to continue slowing...