The Seller’s Costs to Properly Market their Property for Sale
See how third-party investigative reports transform the marketability of your seller’s property by taking the “what ifs” out of real estate.
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Placing Signs Off-Site
Placing real estate signs on private or public property without permission is a misdemeanor public nuisance in California, making the broker liable for local government enforcement and penalties under the Penal Code. Knowledge of the rules is your reputation – and money – saved.
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Reasonable Restrictions on the Placement of “For Sale” Signs
While California law and the First Amendment generally protect a property owner’s right to display “For Sale” signs, these rights are subject to reasonable government and HOA regulations regarding safety, dimensions and placement in common areas.
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Real Estate Sign Placement – It Matters
The first episode of our new series dramatizes how to properly display a “For Sale” sign on a property on behalf of the seller to advertise the property for sale, and understand when permission is needed to advertise a property with a “For Sale” sign in a common interest development (CID).
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Resolving a Seller’s Dual Liability when Changing Brokers
The final episode of our new series dramatizes the representation dilemma created for the seller when the retainer period under a new representation agreement overlaps a safety clause period in an expired representation agreement with a prior broker.
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Due-on clause exceptions and waivers
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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A closer look at the due-on clause
This article covers an owner’s use of property rights which allows a mortgage holder to capitalize on the due-on clause to extract further profit by calling the mortgage due and payable, or waiving the call to modify the interest rate and payment schedule at current market rates.
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Price Paid is Different from the Seller’s Asking Price
The fourth episode of our new series answers the critical question of what happens when a registered buyer purchases property during the safety period for less than the asking price sought under the expired representation.
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(Re)introducing the due-on clause
This multimedia article explains when due-on clauses become used in the economic cycle and under which sale and leasing arrangements.
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Procuring Cause when the Representation Lacks a Safety Clause
The third episode of our new series applies the procuring cause theory to an exclusive seller representation agreement which lacks a safety clause – and illustrates how a safety clause in a properly structured representation agreement is always the best practice.
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Disclosure of a Prior Occupant’s Affliction and Death: firsttuesday Halloween Special
Grab your buttered popcorn for the two-part firsttuesday Halloween Special covering the disclosure of a death on a property. You’ll scream — you’ll laugh — you’ll learn!
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Safety Clause vs. Procuring Cause
The second episode of our new series presents a separate safety clause scenario contrasted against the procuring cause theory used to limit an earned fee to completing a transaction.
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Real Estate Runs with the Labor Force Participation (LFP) Rate
California’s labor force participation rate — which includes both the employed and job-seeking unemployed — is a crucial indicator of overall job levels, providing the fundamental economic basis for all real estate activity.
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A Fee Earned After the Retainer Period Ends
The first episode in our new five-part series depicts how a safety clause in an exclusive representation agreement establishes your right to a fee earned after the retainer period ends.
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Needed Legislative Follow-Through – Foresight Dictates Prudence
Laws for consumer representation by DRE brokers need consistency. Litigation will pull in the courts to definitively establish the conduct required of tenant brokers to earn and collect a fee. In the meantime, brokers need to do everything in their power to protect the fee they and their agents expect to earn.
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The Ambidextrous User of Commercial Property
See how the use of a written tenant representation agreement by the tenant broker assures collection of a fee whether the user acquires a fee or leasehold interest in a property — the tenant representation agreement covers the broker in both circumstances.
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Users of Commercial Property Need Negotiated Written Representation, Too
2025 legislation requires a buyer agent to enter into a written representation agreement with their buyer seeking to acquire a fee interest in real estate. But is a commercial tenant’s acquisition of a leasehold interest also targeted? This three-part series is engineered to fully address every facet of this question commonly asked by our readers and students.
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A Fee Earned for Locating §1031 Reinvestment Property
How do you best structure the representation of a client in a qualified §1031 transaction? Watch/read here.
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A Ready, Willing and Able Buyer at the Asking Price
Watch what happens when a seller rejects a full asking price offer on substantially the same terms for payment as called for in the seller representation agreement.
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Due Diligence is an Art Form
The due diligence effort required under an exclusive representation comprises an orchestration of a basket of brokerage activities. Let’s unpack the basket.
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