Real Estate Matters

Keep abreast of the real estate industry in California with this expansive buffet of topics. This volume simplifies complex concepts to quickly update agents and brokers.
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Recent updates to the course e-book

  • Page 174: The first paragraph has been amended to read: If the deferred rent is not
    paid as scheduled, the nonresidential landlord may file a UD action to evict the
    tenant without serving another three-day notice.

06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.

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Buyer representation

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.

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Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement and Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — Forms 314 and 314-1

Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement and Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — Forms 314 and 314-1

A seller agent uses the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement to disclose the existence of natural hazards on the sale of any type of real estate to a prospective buyer and the Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement when the property is in a high fire hazard severity zone to disclose retrofits, local vegetation management ordinances and fire hardening measures the buyer is to consider.

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