Learn the seller broker duty to inspect and disclose their observations and knowledge about a property’s condition to prospective buyers, preparation and delivery of the seller’s Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) and recognize the home inspection report (HIR) as a risk mitigation activity.
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The DRE cautions that responsibility for AI-generated content ultimately rests with the broker.
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Learn to explain to your buyer and tenant clients the provisions contained within the buyer representation agreement and tenant representation agreement.
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A corporate broker uses RPI Form 511 to establish a corporate broker-officer’s duties and fee schedule for earnings as designated officer of the real estate corporation and licensees held under the same broker use RPI Form 512 to form a real estate team and establish each team member’s responsibilities and fee sharing.
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Learn when to enter into a buyer representation agreement with a buyer-client and distinguish between representing individual and entity clients and the forms and retainer periods used for each.
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This article examines the number of broker and sales agent licenses issued by the DRE from 1998-present, with forecasts about future licensing trends.
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Our latest and greatest 45-hr renewal course ups the theatrical flair with actor-packed scenarios, humor and California-specific concepts.
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Learn the rules and strategies behind real estate teams in California.
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After entering into a representation agreement with a client, an agent uses the Modification of Representation Agreement to change the terms of the employment without canceling it and to terminate the authorization to represent, an agent uses the Release and Cancellation of Representation Agreement.
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The Fall 2025 Real Estate Bulletin examines statistics from the California Department of Real Estate’s last fiscal year regarding their activities.
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Use a comparative market analysis (CMA) approach for setting the value of a subject property based on information collected on comps.
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Learn the due diligence effort a broker employed under an exclusive representation agreement owes their client-seller or buyer when acting on their behalf and implement the best effort conduct owed a client under a non-exclusive open representation.
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A provision in the purchase agreement achieves the same objective as a separate addendum with paragraphs of legal jargon. The difference: our forms are engineered simple.
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Climate risk information hurt sales — so the MLS lobbied to take them down.
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Follow the steps of a buyer agent from representation agreement to closing on a buyer’s acquisition of property and recognize a buyer’s breach of the purchase agreement.
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Agents preparing a BPO ignore price trends at their peril.
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Competent brokers and agents educate buyer-clients on the acquisition process into down payment consequences, transaction costs and ownership expenditures.
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Delivery of property disclosures to buyers is legislated to occur “as soon as practicable” (ASAP) on inquiry from a prospective buyer, well before a purchase agreement setting a price is entered into.
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A broker employed by a landlord to market the property to tenants, screen tenants and negotiate lease terms in exchange for a fee uses a Landlord Representation Agreement — the leasing equivalent of a Seller Representation Agreement.
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This article covers exceptions and waivers to the enforceability of the due-on clause present in all trust deeds and enforced on sales only during a cycle of rising long-term fixed rate mortgage rates.
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