The first in the series introducing the benefits available to mortgage-funded buyers when acquiring home ownership using a 20% cash down payment.
Down payment download: Why 20%
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VRC: Real Estate Made Reel™
California’s first DRE-approved video-based renewal course – the classic.
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A Fee Earned by the Seller Broker on Any Sale
See how a fee has been earned and is owed to the seller broker, regardless of who produces a buyer or a tenant during the representation period or when the transaction closes, under an exclusive representation agreement.
Nationally MLOs are far fewer in 2024; CA DRE MLOs increase, DFPI MLOs decrease
The trend for state-licensed MLOs is down in 2024.
The exclusive employment obligations of a broker
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.
DRE Bulletin Digest: Spring 2025
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.
BPO series: Trust deeds, liens and the due-on clause
Rational judgment by buyers and tenants is returning
The MLS environment
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.
BPO series: Deeds, covenants and agreements
Here is the fourth post in our series drawing on appraisal concepts from our unpublished easy-to-digest BPO course content. This series showcases the fundamental real estate knowledge needed by a DRE licensee to competently develop a Broker Price Opinion (BPO)...
Lessons from the Field: Incomplete TDS
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).
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