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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.
Latest Articles
Underwater homes, reduced construction starts spell change for California’s active agent population; Monthly Statistical Update (March 2023)
https://vimeo.com/802054438 The Monthly Statistical Update (MSU) keeps agents and brokers current on the market trends affecting California real estate transactions. This month, we’re covering: the share of California’s mortgaged homes underwater, now inching higher...
Verify seller’s property disclosures: retain a home inspector
How a buyer confirms the disclosure of property conditions – and how the buyer may require the seller to correct defects, adjust the sales price, or recover costs after closing.
The many pitfalls of pocket listings
The risky business of pocket listings are dangerous for sellers, buyers — and brokers.
A home inspection report: the liability shield for a seller’s broker
A home inspection report is used by a seller’s broker to shift the risks of non-disclosure liability in their use of a seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement.
A property’s energy consumption: Part 2: Marketing a property’s energy use
How seller’s agents can market a home’s energy use, from a green home to an energy-sucking fixer-upper.
Poll: Have you or your clients experienced appraiser discrimination?
Implicit bias in the appraisal industry drags down the housing market.
A property’s energy consumption: known and demanded in a recession: Part 1
During a recession, buyers have the luxury to pick over every aspect of a home – including its energy costs.
DRE Hot Seat: Mortgage loan originator (MLO) knowingly takes fraudulent NMLS course
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the real estate license of a broker who knowingly took a fraudulent course for their mortgage loan originator (MLO) license endorsement, violating the student Rules of Conduct and licensing requirements of state and federal law.
Errata & Updates
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.