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MLS Access for Non-CAR Members

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2019 | Feature Articles, Features, Real Estate, Video | 2

How to access the multiple listing service (MLS) as an independent broker or agent

PDFfiller’s antitrust suit survives first challenge by CAR

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 30, 2018 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The fight over a healthy real estate forms market continues between the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) and PDFfiller, a paperless transaction management system (PTM) provider. California licensees win — for now.

The spirit of DRE-mandated education

by Connor P. Wallmark | Dec 5, 2017 | Feature Articles, Features, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

This article digs down into the importance of real estate education — and why it matters a great deal to your practice.

Has high tech really improved the real estate industry?

by Jeffery Marino | Apr 7, 2014 | Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Does new real estate technology better serve agents or clients?

Airing CAR’s laundry – dirty forms

by Connor P. Wallmark | Jun 14, 2013 | Forms, Real Estate, Your Practice | 31

The California Association of Realtors (CAR) doesn’t play well with others, requiring its members to use its captive proprietary software to manage any use of their forms. But does this arbitrary limitation over the use of filler software really matter when superior alternative forms are openly available?