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Joint Tenancy – The Four Unities

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 24, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

This video covers the unity of title, time, interest and possession under a joint tenancy vesting.

Vesting Reflects Estate Planning

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 17, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

This video covers properly vesting a property to avoid probate procedures.

What is Vesting?

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 12, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

This is the first episode of our new video series covering the right of survivorship among co-owners. This episode introduces the concept of vesting.

When to Disclose a Death on a Property

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 17, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: No affirmative duty to voluntarily disclose a death which occurred more than three years prior; Duty to disclose a death which had an adverse effect on market value; Disclosure on buyer inquiry.

Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt III

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: Common roof styles that exist in California including gable, hip, pyramid, gambrel, mansard and flat; Dormer windows used to provide expanded living space.

RPI real estate forms have always been in compliance with NAR’s most recent antitrust settlement

by Amy Platero | Apr 9, 2024 | Feature Articles, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Unlike trade unions, RPI forms for decades has had methods for the buyers broker to set their own fees and disclose the fee amount to their buyer clients.

Negative equity and foreclosure

by David Swistock | Mar 27, 2024 | Economics, Feature Articles, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recessions | 0

When does strategic default make sense for a negative equity homeowner?

NAR’s long-established compensation model finally evolves

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2024 | Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

After years of lawsuits, NAR® has finally agreed to a settlement relegating cooperative compensation to the history books.

Brokerage Reminder: The DRE wants to give brokers the benefit of the doubt

by Guest Author Summer Goralik | Mar 11, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Every real estate broker acting in the capacity of a responsible broker needs to be aware of the “Benefit of the Doubt” program.

Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt II

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: Dutch colonial properties featuring gambrel roofs and dormer windows; Design attributes of Mediterranean properties; Classic Victorian properties and contemporary town houses in urban areas; English Tudor; Natural motifs on display in the craftsman architectural style.

Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt I

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: Spanish Mission architecture; Ranch homes; Contemporary and modern architecture; Pueblo homes; Colonial and Cape Cod properties.

Calculating TPA rent caps for existing residential tenants

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

This article examines how a landlord of property controlled by the TPA calculates the maximum lawful annual rent increase chargeable to existing tenants, called rent caps.

Interest rates 101

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 22, 2024 | Economics, Feature Articles, Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0

This article dives into how interest rates are structured, how lenders set the interest rate on a mortgage, and how rates affect property values.

Building Regulations

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 19, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: Construction of residential and commercial buildings as regulated by the state of California through building codes; Construction requirements and standards outlined in the State Housing Law; Building inspectors and contractors.

Real Estate Mathematics: Calculating Annual Property Taxes and Transfer Taxes

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: Calculating annual property taxes and transfer taxes; Proposition 13 (Prop 13); Helpful strategies to quickly locate the correct answer on the state licensing exam.

Predatory mortgages, discouraged by TILA section 32

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Finance, Loan Products, Real Estate | 0

Learn what a Section 32 loan is, and why MLOs try to avoid originating these types of loans.

Right of rescission, after closing

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 12, 2024 | Feature Articles, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate, Video | 0

Rescission by a homeowner terminates their already closed borrower mortgage transaction.

Letter to the editor: Does a broker acting as a principal need to disclose they are a DRE licensee?

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 12, 2024 | Feature Articles, Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

By receiving a fee, an agency is created — but not with whom you thought.

Real Estate Mathematics: Percentages, Fractions and Calculating the Area of a Property

by ft Editorial Staff | Jan 8, 2024 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Video | 0

Covers: The percentage formula as applied to California real estate mathematics; Real estate fractions; Calculating the area of a rectangular property.