The Titanic II, walkable cities, Gettysburg ghosts, prefab houses and much more compiled by Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist. Find your polling place with help from Hall & Oates! Becky/flickr/2012 Swimming in a Mickey Mouse pool at a Disney-themed house. Saving cacti and succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The benefits of reusing old… Continue Reading What We’re Reading–October 29-November 2
NAR members and Association staff can borrow up to six electronic books, digital audios and/or videos at no cost, through the Virtual Library eBooks Collection. Members can also borrow up to three books for 30 days from the Library Catalog for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Services at 800.874.6500 for assistance. Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey Hyperfocus… Continue Reading New Books–November 2018
SCR forms committee attempts to hold the number of forms to a minimum so there are some multi-purpose forms. SCR390 addendum is the most multi-purpose form. https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/390.pdf Note that the title of SCR390 can be changed by checking the box for contract or lease or fill in the blank (e.g. buyer agency, listing agreement, land… Continue Reading Extending the Listing Agreement
By Lee Davenport Autumn is conference season! Typically, this is my favorite time of year—the leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the air, and it’s the perfect time to spend networking and learning at a conference (the REALTORS® Conference & Expo coming up this weekend in Boston, for instance). Unfortunately, there are some conference-goers… Continue Reading 4 Ways Conference-Goers Can Be as Creepy as Halloween Flicks
Only five percent of REALTORS® stated that real estate was their first career in the 2018 Member Profile. Most commonly, members held previous full-time careers in management/business/financial sector (16 percent), and sales/retail (16 percent). Respondents are able to select from a list of options that best represents their previous career. For 19 percent of REALTORS®,… Continue Reading Halloween 2018: The Uncommon Previous Careers of REALTORS®
Response to tenant or potential tenant (edit the pet policy as needed): The landlord of property ______________________________________ prohibits all pets in the property. You have requested the landlord modify or provide an exception to the pet prohibition for an assistance animal as a reasonable accommodation for your disability. Because your disability or the disability-related need… Continue Reading Tenant Requests Reasonable Accommodation for Assistance Animal
Based on REALTORS® who reported about their transactions in September 2018, home buying activity slowed compared to the level of activity one year ago on a national level, according to the September 2018 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey. The REALTORS® Buyer Traffic Index[1] slid to 51 in September 2018, ten points lower from one year ago… Continue Reading Homebuying Demand Still Strong in Job-Creating Affordable States According to NAR September 2018 Survey
Owners and licensees are not required to disclose psychologically affected issues, psychological impact, psychological stigma (e.g. the suspected presence of ghosts, murders, death) affecting real estate so long as there is no material impact on the physical condition of the property being transferred. So if there is a skeleton or blood or body on the… Continue Reading Happy Halloween!
https://www.nar.realtor/legal-case-summaries/breach-of-fiduciary-duty-claims-denied Read the full decision - Busch v. Domb(link is external) Pennsylvania federal court rules that real estate brokerage did not owe fiduciary duties to seller when acting as a dual agent and so dismissed those claims against brokerage but allowed the other claims to continue. A homeowner (“Seller”) listed her home for sale with… Continue Reading Self Dealing, Or Near Self Dealing, Good Way to Get Sued
https://www.nar.realtor/legal-case-summaries/licensee-testimony-improperly-excluded Read the full decision: N. Carolina Dep't of Transportation v. Mission Battleground Park, DST. North Carolina’s highest court rules that the lower court erroneously relied upon the state statute for appraisals when it denied the admission of testimony from a real licensee about the value of land taken by the state for a road… Continue Reading Interesting NC case on VALUE (appraiser) v. PRICE (real estate broker)