Features, Real Estate
LatestForm-of-the-Week: Designated Officer Employment Agreement, and Real Estate Team Agreement — Forms 511 and 512
by Amy Platero | Mar 11, 2026 | Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
A corporate broker uses RPI Form 511 to establish a corporate broker-officer's duties and fee schedule for earnings as designated officer of the real estate corporation and licensees held under the same broker use RPI Form 512 to form a real estate team and establish each team member's responsibilities and fee sharing.
Housing developments get approvals in 45 days, period
by Lily Hart | Mar 10, 2026 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0
Buyer Representation
Buyer representation
by Amy Platero | Feb 26, 2026 | 0
Learn when to enter into a buyer representation agreement with a buyer-client and distinguish between representing individual and entity clients and the forms and retainer periods used for each.
Your fee agreement, a purchase agreement, the breaching buyer
by Amy Platero | Dec 5, 2025 | 1
Acceptance of an offer
by Amy Platero | Nov 5, 2025 | 0
Avoid preferential price fixing with seller broker
by Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 24, 2025 | 0
An agreement starts as an offer
by Amy Platero | Oct 20, 2025 | 0
Charts
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San Francisco housing indicators
Riverside housing indicators
Video
LatestThe Seller’s Motivation to Sell
by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2026
Watch how a seller’s willingness and financial ability to fund fundamental property disclosures serves as a critical indicator of their motivation to sell – and significantly impacts the agent’s risk of a failed transaction during the representation period.
Staging Sets a Buyer’s Expectations
by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 29, 2026
Placing Signs Off-Site
by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 30, 2025
Forms
Form-of-the-Week: Designated Officer Emp...
Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclos...
Form-of-the-Week: Modification of Repres...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Landlord and Seller Re...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agree...
Disclosure checklist in sales and leasin...
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agree...
Form-of-the-Week: Buyer and Tenant Repre...









