Hiring Newly-Minted Real Estate Agents in a Recession

Watch to discover the enhanced learning opportunities uniquely made available to licensees during a recession.
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The California Supreme Court holds rent provisions based on occupancy levels are enforceable.
Read More Form-of-the-Week: The Right of First Refusal to Buy — Form 579

A landlord and tenant may agree to grant the tenant a right of first refusal in an addendum to the lease agreement using RPI Form 579.
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View these Riverside regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.
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Schneider v. Lane
Read More Confronting the illegal practice of price-fixing fees in 2025 — California style

How does a buyer broker or agent conduct discussions with a seller broker without falling back into consumer-unfriendly methods for representation and fee-setting?
Read MoreBPO 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Here is the fourth post in our series drawing on appraisal concepts from our unpublished easy-to-digest BPO course content.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) prepared for a client. We start with de
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Not all title insurance policies are created equal. Watch the final episode of our series for a detailed study of the California Land Title Association (CLTA) standard policy versus the American Land Title Association (ALTA) owner’s extended coverage policy.
Read More Using the yield spread to forecast recession and recovery conditions

The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
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View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Diego's housing market.
Read More The 20% solution: Personal savings rates and homeownership

Over the last few decades, savings has followed a path conversely proportionate to consumer confidence.
Read MoreFARMing neighborhoods: How to grow your real estate client base

firsttuesday FARM letter templates and copy help you market effectively
Read MoreBPO series: Trade fixtures, notices of nonresponsibility and water rights

Here is the third post in our series drawing on appraisal concepts from our unpublished easy-to-digest BPO course content.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 develop a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) to be handed to a client. We start with defining pro
Read MorePlunging Consumer Sentiment Marks Fastest Drop Since 1990

Consumer sentiment continued to worsen in April, declining across all political groups with significant hurdles anticipated in multiple sectors of the economic landscape. April’s Index of Consumer Sentiment, a survey conducted by the University of Michigan, had a final reading of 52.2, declining 8.
Read MoreContents of a Title Insurance Policy

Watch and read to get fully up to speed on the six operative sections of a title insurance policy.
Read MoreThe widening level of vacant commercial space available in SoCal — Q1 2025

SoCal’s commercial real estate market on entering 2025 is fully destabilized with industrial vacancy rates elevated across all SoCal markets and office vacancy rates even higher.
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A California appeals court holds there is a real property claim when a property's title is vested in the name of a disputed successor trustee.
Read More 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).
Read MoreThe exclusive seller representation agreement

Learn why a seller representation agreement ensures the payment of a fee earned by the employment, how to prepare an exclusive seller representation agreement as the seller-client’s agent and explain the purpose of a seller representation agreement to a prospective seller-client.
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This form is used by a commercial broker when presently retained under a Tenant Representation Agreement by entities seeking to acquire a leasehold or fee interest in property, to extend the period of representation.
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