Learn how an agent tasked with valuing a vacant parcel produces the most informed valuation according to its size, use, location, zoning and more.
A parcel’s value is in its use
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Real Estate Practice
Master the forms needed most in brokerage services. This volume covers the agency, disclosure, and contract law concepts fundamental to your practice.
Our Real Estate Practice course meets SB 1495 requirements: Implicit Bias and Fair Housing.
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06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
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Form-of-the-Week: Purchase agreement addenda for buyer agent — Forms 260, 261 and 266
A buyer agent uses RPI Form 260, 261 and 266 to determine the status of property conditions about whether the roof is adequate, hazard insurance is available and the purchase price is reasonably related to the property’s fair market value.
Wage increases exceed inflation, home prices are flat
Home prices have skyrocketed since 2000. The same can’t be said about incomes.
Lead-based paint disclosures
Learn about the federal lead-based paint disclosure and how to timely disclose to buyers the existence of a lead-based paint hazard on residential properties built prior to 1978.
California tiered home pricing
Home prices continued to slide across California in November 2025.
New defensible space rules to harden improvements
New defensible space rules aim to protect suburban and rural homes from high wildfire risk.
Rentals: the future of California real estate?
California’s low homeownership rate means rentals are in high demand, with vacancies near historic lows.
Will first-time homebuyers save California’s homeownership rate?
California’s homeownership rate dropped even as the typical age of first-time homebuyers rose.
