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Dear Broker: Handling trust funds is like playing with fire

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Jan 12, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

Real Estate Compliance Consultant Summer Goralik outlines the inherent risks real estate professionals face when handling trust funds and how to counter them.

The evolution of the “rogue agent” defense in real estate

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Dec 5, 2022 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

Real Estate Compliance Consultant Summer Goralik outlines best compliance practices when a real estate agent strays from their broker’s policies.

Stay on the straight and narrow with these real estate compliance tips

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Jul 21, 2022 | Feature Articles, Licensing and Education, Your Practice | 0

Real Estate Compliance Consultant and former California Department of Real Estate Investigator, Summer Goralik, offers six tips to staying in compliance with real estate law.

DRE Hot Seat: Broker engages in trust fund violations and dishonest dealing

by Amy Perry | May 26, 2022 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) restricted the California real estate license of a broker who engaged in dishonest dealing with clients, committed trust fund violations and failed to adequately supervise.

Licensee beware: a lapsed license is risky real estate business

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Jul 6, 2021 | Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Real Estate Compliance Consultant and former California Department of Real Estate (DRE) Investigator, Summer Goralik, shares advice on maintaining an active real estate license.

Word-of-the-Week: Lead-based paint hazard

by Gregory Bretado | Jan 12, 2021 | Real Estate, Video | 0

Lead-based paint hazard – Any condition that causes exposure to lead from lead-contaminated dust, soil or paint which has deteriorated to the point of causing adverse human health effects.

The Corrective Action Letter: A licensee’s first stop on the DRE’s discipline train

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Sep 25, 2020 | Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

Real Estate Compliance Consultant Summer Goralik shares advice on responding to a Corrective Action Letter.

Digital advertising: A compliance hot spot for brokers

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Jun 2, 2020 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Real Estate Compliance Consultant and former Department of Real Estate (DRE) Investigator, Summer Goralik, shares advice on complying digital advertising regulations in 2020. Visit the original post on her blog here.