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Office Hour with Professor Bill: Episode 5

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2021 | Real Estate, Video | 0

Office Hours with Professor Bill is a multimedia learning experience covering fundamental real...

Form-of-the-Week: Conflict of Interest and Dual Agency Disclosure – Kinship, Position or Undue Influence – Forms 527 and 117

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 4, 2021 | Forms, Real Estate | 2

With the Conflict of Interest Disclosure form and Dual Agency Disclosure form, brokers and their agents are able to document their fiduciary duties to properly represent their clients.

Brokerage Reminder: Disclosing a conflict of interest – the counterpoint mitigating a bias

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2020 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate | 0

Refresh your knowledge on conflicts of interests and the importance of disclosure in this week’s Brokerage Reminder.

DRE Bulletin Digest Winter 2019/2020

by Benjamin J. Smith | Mar 1, 2020 | Real Estate | 0

A review of the Winter 2019/2020 DRE Real Estate Bulletin.

Why pocket listings harm buyers, sellers and agents

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 18, 2019 | Home Sales, Your Practice | 2

The pitfalls of exclusive pocket listings outweigh the limited benefits.

DRE Bulletin Digest Winter 2018/19

by Benjamin J. Smith | Feb 11, 2019 | Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 0

A review of the Winter 2018 DRE Real Estate Bulletin.

New laws update real estate disclosures in California

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 17, 2018 | Feature Articles, Forms, Fundamentals, New Laws | 0

AB 1289 has made several changes to real estate disclosure requirements, effective January 1, 2019.

Dual agency explained

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 21, 2018 | Fundamentals, Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 2

Dual agency explained, including how to avoid a breach of fiduciary duty in a dual agency situation.

Case in point: When a buyer and seller are represented by different agents employed by the same broker, does the seller’s agent owe a fiduciary duty to the buyer?

by Connor P. Wallmark | Nov 30, 2016 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1

A California Supreme Court rules on whether a seller’s agent owes a fiduciary duty to the buyer when the seller’s agent and the buyer’s agent are employed by the same broker.

Agency law for commercial brokers – shedding light on conduct

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 12, 2014 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

The Agency Law Disclosure and agency confirmation is now expanded to include nonresidential...

Zillow to buy Trulia — should agents be worried?

by Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 1, 2014 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Is this the beginning of the end for real estate agents?

DRE’s failure to oversee its licensees and protect consumers

by ft Editorial Staff | Dec 1, 2009 | Feature Articles, Finance, Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 11

This article examines a Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) report on the California Department of Real Estate’s (DRE’s) increasing inability to protect consumers, a failure of its primary purpose for existing.

April 2009: Proposed regs affecting loan originators, testing, other topics

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2009 | Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 0

Featuring existing and proposed DRE regulations of import.

Managing Ongoing Agency Conflicts

by Connor P. Wallmark | Feb 2, 2009 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0

This article discusses a broker’s use of a Conflict of Interest Disclosure to avoid breaching the fiduciary duty he owes to his client when he has a bias relating to the opposing party in a transaction, or another, whose interests are in conflict with his client’s.