The seller breaches the purchase agreement

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 MoreDRE Bulletin Digest: Summer 2025

In this issue: mentorship for new licensees, the DRE’s Cite and Fine program, trust fund signatory rules and the annual business activity report.
Read MoreDRE as the enforcer at large steps up to the plate — as the umpire in chief

Our multimedia review of the DRE's most common types of disciplinary actions they encounter.
Read MoreCalifornia household formations set to decrease

While the number of households continues to grow, the rise is mostly thanks to renters.
Read MoreCalifornia price-per-square-foot analysis

Want a deeper understanding of your local real estate market? These charts show the price-per-square-foot history of home sales in communities across California.
Read MoreBuy an historic home, get a Mills Act subsidy

An owner or buyer of historic property in need of TLC can reduce their property tax by entering into a restoration and property tax agreement, called a Mills Act subsidy.
Read MoreFARM: 10 tips for a successful yard sale

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Ready to free up some storage and find a home for your collection of stuff? Take inventory. Sell items you haven’t used in […]
Read MoreFARM: Good fences make good neighbors

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Good fences make good neighbors Constructing, maintaining or replacing boundary fences can be an expensive and work-intensive
Read MoreA 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.
Read More“For Sale” sign ordinances and CC&Rs

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 p
Read MoreFARM: 6 tips when shopping for a neighborhood

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only 6 tips when shopping for a neighborhood A home isn’t just the house. Before you move, learn what to look for in a […]
Read MoreCommercial Lease Agreement — Net — Multi-Tenant — RPI Form 552-3

This form is used by a leasing agent, tenant or landlord when space in a commercial multi-tenant project is leased by a tenant for a fixed-term, to grant the tenancy and set the terms for the tenant’s payment of rent and their share of all utilities, maintenance and operating costs of the property.
Read MoreCommercial Lease Agreement — Net — Single Tenant — RPI Form 552-2

This form is used by a leasing agent, tenant or landlord when the entire space in a commercial property is leased by one tenant for a fixed-term, to grant the tenancy and set the terms for the tenant’s payment of rent and all utilities, maintenance and operating costs of the property.
Read MoreForm-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreements — Net variety — Forms 552-2 and 552-3

A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the net variety for a single-user tenant to document the terms of the tenancy negotiated when the payment of most or all property operating expenses including property taxes, insurance and maintenance incurred
Read MoreInvesting: Stocks or real estate?

Where to park your cash? It depends on how long you're going to park it for - and what types of risks you're willing to take.
Read MoreDown payment download: 20% has your back

A homebuyer sourcing a 20% down payment experiences significant cost reductions when choosing to save up a full down payment before investing in ownership.
Read MoreCalifornia’s low homeownership rate to continue

California’s homeownership rate ballooned during the Millennium Boom, but quickly fell to today's low level of 55%.
Read MoreAuthority to regulate real estate

When state and federal rules governing the use of real estate conflict, which rules take precedence, and when can police powers be used to take property?
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreFARM: Charcoal grills vs. gas grills?

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Charcoal grills vs. gas grills? One perk of living in California is the sunny, year-round grilling weather. Which grill fits y
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