California’s low homeownership rate means rentals are in high demand, with vacancies near historic lows.
Rentals: the future of California real estate?
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Real Estate Practice
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DRE Hot Seat: Failure to disburse trust funds to the owner of funds
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 acting as a property manager who collected trust funds on behalf of landlords they represented and failed to disburse the trust funds to the landlords as required.
Mortgage Concepts: Observed suspicious activity reports (SARs)
Learn when a mortgage lender is to file a suspicious activity report (SAR) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).