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Brokerage Reminder: Keeping offers a secret is a DRE violation

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Brokerage Reminder, Real Estate | 2

Some California real estate licensees still labor under the myth that the use of real estate forms...

Career Coach: digital marketing

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2021 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

The following is an excerpt from the new edition of the firsttuesday Career Manual, a best practices guide to help new real estate licensees establish their personal brands and boost income.

Tax Benefits of Ownership: the sales price

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2021 | Feature Articles, Tax | 0

The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an...

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.

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.

The Hazards Disclosure Booklets

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

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.

The Un-California Association of Realtors

by Benjamin J. Smith | Nov 7, 2018 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 7

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?

Keep your clients informed for smooth transactions

by Amy Thomas | Nov 19, 2017 | Buyers and Sellers, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

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.

first tuesday’s Purchase Agreement: providing maximum risk reduction protection

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 25, 2015 | Forms, Real Estate | 1

Form-of-the-week: Purchase Agreement (One-to-Four Residential Units – Conventional and Carryback...

Comply with new notary requirements or face rejection

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 17, 2015 | New Laws, Your Practice | 1

All first tuesday forms have been updated to comply with the consumer notice requirement and can be downloaded for free.

Realtor.com changes policy, still a rip-off

by Sarah Cantino | Sep 17, 2013 | Real Estate | 9

Realtor.com has revised its operating agreement to allow non-realtors to list properties on the...

The Facts About dotloop and C.A.R.

by ft Editorial Staff | Jul 12, 2013 | Real Estate | 0

dotloop President and CEO weighs in on CAR’s monopolistic tendencies.

CAR’s sleight of hand – the stealth meaning of “free”

by Connor P. Wallmark | Jun 19, 2013 | Forms, Real Estate, Your Practice | 17

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?

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?