Is percolating groundwater which seeps into an aquifer conveyed with the land when a mortgage holder forecloses on a parcel of real estate?
Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC
Read Moreby Robin Jennings | Jun 30, 2025 | Buyers and Sellers, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC
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 Amy Platero | Jun 3, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
Review the historical and current practice of a buyer broker to earn and be paid their fee on a transaction when representing a buyer-client.
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 Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 31, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 20, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Letters to the Editor, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
A buyer representation agreement runs with the broker, not the agent.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jan 3, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Real Estate | 0
Demonstrate to your buyer and seller clients how broker fees are paid in RPI Forms 310 and 311.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Dec 4, 2024 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Real Estate | 0
A seller agent uses RPI Form 137 to request information from the Improvement District Office about Mello-Roos on a property listed for sale.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Dec 2, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0
Learn how to counter an offer with a purchase agreement calling for the buyer to pay the broker fee and avoid claims of tortious interference.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Nov 23, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 0
A buyer agent uses RPI Form 150 when preparing an offer for their buyer to purchase one-to-four unit residential property with a fee provision for disbursing the buyer broker fee from the purchase price.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Oct 26, 2024 | Buyers and Sellers, Economics, Real Estate | 0
California’s homeowner turnover rate is the lowest it’s been in years, showing just how frigid California’s housing market is in 2024.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 25, 2024 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Forms, Fundamentals, Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
With new California legislation, it’s now mandatory practice for a buyer broker to enter into an employment agreement with buyer-clients before a purchase agreement is submitted.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2024 | Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 2
After years of lawsuits, NAR® has finally agreed to a settlement relegating cooperative compensation to the history books.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Nov 20, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Real Estate | 0
The seller responds to a buyer’s offer Typically, a buyer submits a purchase agreement offer to a...
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 30, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, New Laws, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0
With authorities cracking down on misleading advertising, brokers and MLOs will be wise to take this opportunity to ensure their adverts are in compliance.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 28, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Real Estate | 0
A sellers agent uses Forms 131 and 132 to order out a Natural Hazard Disclosure (NHD) report and a Structural Pest Control (SPC) report.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Sep 5, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, Forms, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
A leasing or sales agent uses RPI Forms 161, 161-1 and 161-2 when arranging an option to purchase property.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Jul 5, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, Laws and Regulations, Recent Case Decisions, Tax | 0
290 Div. (EAT) v. City and County of San Francisco
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | May 15, 2023 | Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Real Estate, Recessions, Your Practice | 0
Agents need to be aware of the maximum dollar amount the seller is entitled to receive upon a buyer’s breach – especially when home prices are falling.
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