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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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Mortgage Concepts: How to issue the adverse action notice
Mortgage Concepts is a recurring video series covering best practices and compliance education for California mortgage loan originators. This video discusses guidelines for issuance of the adverse action notice/notice of action taken under both the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). For course credit toward renewing your NMLS license, visit firsttuesday.us.
DRE Hot Seat: Criminal misconduct a willful disregard of real estate law
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the California real estate license of a broker who received a felony sentence for burglarizing a home.
MLO Mentor: Anti-Money Laundering
This MLO Mentor article outlines common money laundering practices and the programs that counter them.
Mortgage Concepts: What are the elements of a nontraditional mortgage risk?
Mortgage Concepts is a recurring video series covering best practices and compliance education for California mortgage loan originators. This video discusses the elements of a nontraditional mortgage risk. For course credit toward renewing your NMLS license, visit firsttuesday.us.
MLO Mentor: Red Flags Rule
This MLO Mentor guide helps you quickly identify suspicious activity as detailed under The Red Flags Rule. Enroll in firsttuesday’s 8-Hour NMLS CE to renew your California mortgage loan originator license and learn more about identity theft prevention in your practice.
Mortgage Concepts: Is my mortgage advertisement Reg N Compliant?
Mortgage Concepts is a recurring video series covering best practices and compliance education for California mortgage loan originators. This video discusses rules for mortgage advertisements under Regulation N and provides an example. For course credit toward renewing your NMLS license, visit firsttuesday.us.
DRE Hot Seat: Without active status, don’t practice
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the California real estate license of a broker who misrepresented the status of his license under another state agency.
Mortgage Concepts: Is my marketing call TCFAPA compliant?
Mortgage Concepts is a recurring video series covering best practices and compliance education for California mortgage loan originators. This video discusses the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (TCFAPA) and how mortgage loan originators determine how to comply with telemarketing call rules. For course credit toward renewing your NMLS license, visit firsttuesday.us.