An agreement starts as an offer
Learn the contract elements comprising an enforceable agreement and how to manage the submission of an offer for the sale, lease or exchange of real estate.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Oct 20, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn the contract elements comprising an enforceable agreement and how to manage the submission of an offer for the sale, lease or exchange of real estate.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Oct 9, 2025 | Finance, Fundamentals, Investment, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Tax, Your Practice | 0
This article explains how to offer tax advice when appropriate, increasing an agent’s marketability by widening the range of services and advice offered to clients.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 22, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 6
Learn to determine when a buyer’s breach of a purchase agreement and escrow instructions entitles a seller to recover monetary losses and intelligently discuss a seller’s recovery of losses on a resale following their buyer’s breach of a purchase agreement.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 9, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn to conduct a transaction as a buyer agent when a seller breaches the purchase agreement with a buyer, discuss remedies available to the buyer and review money losses the buyer may recover on a seller’s breach.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 2, 2025 | Feature Articles, Features, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Our multimedia review of the DRE’s most common types of disciplinary actions they encounter.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Aug 26, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn to properly display a “For Sale” sign on behalf of the seller to advertise the property for sale, understand when permission is needed to advertise a property within a common interest development (CID) and abide by the regulations concerning the placement of a “For Sale” sign on a private or public right-of-way or on a mobilehome.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 12, 2025 | Fair Housing, Licensing and Education, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The DRE is partnering with the California Civil Rights Department to provide a free webinar series for property managers.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Aug 11, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn how to persuade a seller-client to order out third-party reports on a property’s condition to enhance marketability, provide a marketing package to prospective buyers and work up effective marketing plans to sell a property when employed under a seller representation agreement.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn to appreciate a safety clause provision in exclusive representation agreements as assurance a fee is earned after expiration when your client sells or buys due to your efforts during the employment.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | Charts, Licensing and Education, Loan Products, Real Estate | 1
The trend for state-licensed MLOs is down in 2024.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jun 23, 2025 | Charts, Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 0
This article examines the number of broker and sales agent licenses issued by the DRE from 1998-present, with forecasts about future licensing trends.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jun 20, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn the obligations of a seller and their broker under an exclusive seller representation agreement and whether a buyer is ready, willing and able to buy when submitting an offer to purchase.
Read Moreby Lily Hart | Jun 13, 2025 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The DRE’s Real Estate Bulletin informs licensees on rules of conduct, changing legislation and new licensing exams, which we digest to help you keep your practice and conversations current.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | May 5, 2025 | Charts, Licensing and Education, Real Estate | 39
This article analyzes the historical population of active DRE licensees, with discussions and forecasts about future licensing trends.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Apr 22, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
An agent, retained by a seller of property, has a duty to have the seller-client enter their truthful responses to property conditions itemized on a Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS).
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Apr 21, 2025 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn why a seller representation agreement ensures the payment of a fee earned by the employment, how to prepare an exclusive seller representation agreement as the seller-client’s agent and explain the purpose of a seller representation agreement to a prospective seller-client.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Apr 11, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn the difference between exclusive and open client representation agreements and understand the use of exclusive representation agreements as best practice for client representation.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Mar 28, 2025 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 2
Learn when the statutorily-mandated Agency Law Disclosure is required.
Read Moreby Lily Hart | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The DRE’s Real Estate Bulletin keeps licensees informed on new codes and regulations significant to real estate practice, common violations of real estate rules of conduct, and real estate education opportunities.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Mar 7, 2025 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Learn how to recognize the types of business arrangements and personal relationships which give rise to conflicts of interest for agents in real estate transactions, how to identify conflicts of interests, and disclose and obtain consent to the relationships presenting a conflict of interest.
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