California Association of Realtors (CAR)

RPI real estate forms have always been in compliance with NAR’s most recent antitrust settlement

by Amy Platero | Apr 9, 2024 | Feature Articles, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Unlike trade unions, RPI forms for decades has had methods for the buyers broker to set their own fees and disclose the fee amount to their buyer clients.

MLS Access for Non-CAR Members

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 2, 2023 | Feature Articles, Features, Real Estate, Video | 8

How to save on membership dues and access the multiple listing service (MLS) as an independent broker or agent

NAR® members jump ship following sexual harassment allegations and more anti-trust lawsuits

by Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 16, 2023 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Licensees and the public more broadly have recently grown uncomfortably aware that those in charge don’t always follow their own rules.

Letter to the editor: Does the DRE “accredit” schools?

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 8, 2022 | Forms, Letters to the Editor, Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 0

The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) does not “accredit” schools. The DRE approves courses submitted by course providers.

Industry leaders are cutting arbitration provisions – and they aren’t needed in real estate, either

by Amy Platero | Aug 12, 2021 | Real Estate | 0

As companies scrap the mandatory arbitration provisions in their conditions of use, trade union forms still contain these precarious provisions.

DOJ to examine NAR’s rules and conduct

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 19, 2021 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

This is not the first time NAR has been in hot water with the DOJ.

How CAR’s newest ad campaign misrepresents their ideology

by Benjamin J. Smith | Jun 21, 2021 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

This article covers the California Association of Realtors® (CAR)’s recent advertising push, an upbeat campaign that’s hard to square with its long history of domineering, monopolistic tendencies.

It’s time for CAR to stop hiding ethics violators behind a paywall

by Benjamin J. Smith | Apr 4, 2021 | Real Estate | 0

The Department of Real Estate publicizes a list of real estate law violators each month — why doesn’t the California Association of Realtors® do the same for their ethics violators?

Brokerage Reminder: CAR membership NOT required for MLS access

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 28, 2021 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate | 7

Every year, real estate agents and brokers alike balk at the thought of having to shell out...

POLL: Is CAR membership is required to place listings in your local MLS?

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2021 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

Do you believe CAR membership is required to place listings in your local MLS? No. (57%, 39 Votes)...

The spirit of compliance: Career Compass sets itself against CAR and the DRE

by Benjamin J. Smith | Feb 1, 2021 | Feature Articles, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

Read about The Career Compass’s ongoing battle with the DRE and CAR, highlighting the need for the DRE to foment competition and compliance equally among all course providers — including CAR.