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06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.
California has the largest disparity in price between new and resale homes, presenting a unique opportunity for buyer brokers able to access a builder’s inventory for their buyer-clients.
California population shifts since 2000 sheds light on how current migration trends impact residential rentals and sales.
Competent brokers and agents educate buyer-clients on the acquisition process into down payment consequences, transaction costs and ownership expenditures.
Delivery of property disclosures to buyers is legislated to occur “as soon as practicable” (ASAP) on inquiry from a prospective buyer, well before a purchase agreement setting a price is entered into.
A broker employed by a landlord to market the property to tenants, screen tenants and negotiate lease terms in exchange for a fee uses a Landlord Representation Agreement — the leasing equivalent of a Seller Representation Agreement.
This article covers exceptions and waivers to the enforceability of the due-on clause present in all trust deeds and enforced on sales only during a cycle of rising long-term fixed rate mortgage rates.
DRE fraud alert underscores why you always need to check the wire transfer instructions.
This article covers an owner’s use of property rights which allows a mortgage holder to capitalize on the due-on clause to extract further profit by calling the mortgage due and payable, or waiving the call to modify the interest rate and payment schedule at current market rates.
Learn when a binding agreement to buy and sell real estate is formed and how to assist clients by preparing and submitting or responding to an offer to buy real estate.