According to nationally recognized safety and technology expert Andrew Wooten, Realtors® need to make some major changes in the way they use social media and protect themselves in this ever-changing technology-driven world.
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Along with forbidding misrepresentations by a broad group of entities, including real estate agents and brokers, the rules also impose a new recordkeeping requirement that could affect the daily business practices of many Realtors®.
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This sale is the first step in PAR’s process of moving to an exclusively electronic forms delivery method.
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Realtor® A is about to enter a property into the MLS. The sellers, however, have a slight problem with Realtor® B, who happens to be one of their neighbors. Realtor® B was the listing agent at the time the sellers purchased the property and they believe she misrepresented certain conditions. They were vindicated when...
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When you take a picture you automatically have a copyright for the picture. That copyright covers a “bundle” of rights that you can control. You can give away some of the rights, sell some of the rights or just keep them all to yourself. If you’ve ever used a photograph with a Creative...
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The first change to PAR’s Agreement of Sale is the addition of a new paragraph 9 called Change in Buyer’s Financial Status. This new language requires a buyer to inform a seller if the buyer’s financial status has changed in any way that would affect the buyer’s ability to purchase the property.
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Inspection reports, comparative market analyses, appraisals, studies, assessments, etc. are not good, bad nor indifferent. They are factual and need to be assessed carefully by the ultimate user, the buyer.
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Recent changes to the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act affect Realtors® and transactions involving manufactured homes (also known as mobile homes).
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A recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has basically invalidated local ordinances that restrict where sex offenders can live throughout the state.
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