Disclosure of Fire Risks
How to disclose the existence of a fire hazard due to the geographic location of a property.
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Category: Feature Articles
Mortgage Concepts: MARS rule communication types and disclosures
This video discusses communication types and disclosures under the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) rule.
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How to prepare for the REO resurgence
Agents and brokers who want to make a decent living in the leaner years ahead will prepare now for the return of real estate owned (REO) properties.
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MLO Mentor: California Financing Law
This article walks you through licensing under the California Financing Law (CFL).
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Easements by Necessity and Prescription
The legal requirements for establishing an easement by necessity and a prescriptive easement by adverse use.
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Mortgage Concepts: What is the MARS Rule?
This video discusses the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) rule.
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Real estate’s lead-based paint epidemic — decades of damage reaches a boiling point
If you’re dealing with homes built prior to 1978, then this article offers full coverage of recent findings in lead-based paint hazards. What do real estate professionals have to do in terms of disclosing the correct information? Read on to find out.
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MLO Mentor: CRMLA Annual Reports
This article details MLO reporting under the California Residential Mortgage Loan Act (CRMLA).
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Conduct Creates an Implied Easement
Requirements for establishing an implied easement without any prior agreement between the grantor and the grantee.
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Created by Grant or Reservation
The written documents used to create an easement between benefitting and burdened properties.
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Fast rising mortgage rates chill real estate for all participants; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2022)
Mortgage interest rates leap, toppling buyers until prices drop; Lured by temporary price reports, new agents pour in during 2021; ARM use to rise with FRM rate jump
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MLO Mentor: California Residential Mortgage Loan Act, Part II
This article continues our discussion in Part I of MLO licensing, origination and reporting under the California Residential Mortgage Loan Act (CRMLA).
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Extra homework required to renew your California real estate license: What you need to know
Learn about the enhanced continuing education (CE) required of California real estate licensees and firsttuesday’s upcoming Implicit Bias course and video line up: Access for All: A Fair Housing Game™.
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Appurtenant or in Gross: Does the Easement Run?
This is the second episode in our new video series covering easements. This episode covers appurtenant easements which run with the land and easements in gross which belong to an individual or entity, plus conservation and solar easements.
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MLO Mentor: The California Residential Mortgage Loan Act
This article will review MLO licensing, origination, and reporting under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act (CRMLA).
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Mortgage Concepts: Red Flags Rule and identity theft protection
This video discusses the Red Flags Rule and identity theft protection.
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MLO Mentor: HECM fraud and abuse
This article discusses abuse, theft, and fraud schemes related to Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs).
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Rights in Another’s Property
This is the first episode in our new video series covering easements. This episode introduces the tenement relationship between two parcels of real estate created by an easement.
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MLO Mentor: The MARS Rule, Part II
This article continues our discussion in Part I of the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) rule and its associated disclosure requirements.
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Civil Rights and Fair Housing Laws, Pt III
Just in time for National Fair Housing Month, the final video in our special series covers the actions of an aggrieved individual who has suffered from a prohibited discriminatory practice, and California-specific prohibitions against discrimination
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