DRE Bulletin Digest Winter 2018/19
A review of the Winter 2018 DRE Real Estate Bulletin.
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Tag: forms
The Hazards Disclosure Booklets
This article highlights the use of first tuesday’s Hazards Disclosure Booklets by a seller’s agent to provide environmental hazard and energy efficiency related information to all prospective buyers, and by a buyer’s agent to review with their buyer the consequences of any hazards disclosed as existing on the property.
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The Un-California Association of Realtors
The California Association of Realtors® (CAR) has a practice of relying on out-of-state materials. Why is this detrimental to the real estate industry, and what can we do about it?
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Keep your clients informed for smooth transactions
Real estate transactions are unnecessarily complicated for buyers. Use these suggestions for preparing informative forms and flyers to help your clients understand the acquisition process.
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first tuesday’s Purchase Agreement: providing maximum risk reduction protection
Form-of-the-week: Purchase Agreement (One-to-Four Residential Units – Conventional and Carryback...
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Comply with new notary requirements or face rejection
All first tuesday forms have been updated to comply with the consumer notice requirement and can be downloaded for free.
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Realtor.com changes policy, still a rip-off
Realtor.com has revised its operating agreement to allow non-realtors to list properties on the...
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The Facts About dotloop and C.A.R.
dotloop President and CEO weighs in on CAR’s monopolistic tendencies.
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Brokerage Reminder: Keeping offers a secret is a CalBRE violation
Some California real estate licensees still labor under the myth that the use of real estate forms...
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CAR’s sleight of hand – the stealth meaning of “free”
This article casts a critical eye on the California Association of Realtors’ (CARs’) disingenuous claim that their forms are “free.” Can something truly be free when you’re paying through the nose for it?
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Airing CAR’s laundry – dirty forms
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?
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