https://www.nar.realtor/coronavirus-a-guide-for-realtors NAR says that you can ask about travel and signs of respiratory illness and refuse to drive consumers who may be at high risk for coronavirus due to travel or symptoms of respiratory illness but do this uniformly for all consumers. Example: NAR says that the coronavirus originated in China but do not violate… Continue Reading NAR on Fair Housing Issues and Corona Virus
Coronavirus Guidance for Associations and Members NAR is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation. Based on questions from association executives, we have formulated guidance for associations on staff travel, workplace precautions, meetings/events, and more. You can access the guidance here: https://www.nar.realtor/ae/coronavirus-a-guide-for-realtor-associations In addition, NAR is providing guidance for REALTORS® for use in their day-to-day business, including… Continue Reading NAR on Coronavirus
The SCR230 Residential Property Condition Disclosure Statement RPCDS can be a REALTORS® best risk management strategy. For risk management reasons, brokerages can always attempt to get the SCR230 into the transaction via the listing agreement and via the purchase agreement so that the SCR230 is used in transactions. https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/230.pdf Recently this hypothetical was presented to… Continue Reading Disclosing Condo Issues on SCR230 RPCDS
If/when your MLS adopts a version of NAR's clear cooperation policy then you must input your listing into the MLS and you have one business day to input your listing into MLS unless you are only communicating your listing internally to your brokerage as an office exclusive. Sellers will no longer be able to simultaneously… Continue Reading NAR/MLS Clear Cooperation Policy Addresses Abuses of Coming Soon Advertising
Risk management, consider evaluating the criminal conviction after the other rental evaluation (e.g., finances, rental history). The potential tenant might be rejected on financial and rental history without the need to take on the potential fair housing risks that can arise from rejecting on felony conviction. Video on this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYIxNwXhos If asking a potential… Continue Reading Fair Housing: Potential Tenants with Felony Convictions
The 2020 SCR Housing Opportunity Committee (HOC) is seeking ideas on ways that SCR can help address homelessness in SC. SCR HOC member Peggy Hill mentioned that WUAR will host Rebuild Anderson on May 12th at the WUAR offices. This organization fundraises to repair low-income homes which helps the low-income homeowner remain in their home… Continue Reading REALTORS(R) Fight Homelessness
For quality assurance reasons and because lawyers can argue what the English words in the SCR forms mean so a translation would allow lawyers to argue even more in court, the SCR standard forms committee does not produce non-English language forms as a risk management strategy. SCR surveyed other states in the USA and no… Continue Reading Spanish Forms, Chinese, Korean, German, French, Other Languages
We are excited to announce the addition of two free webinars taking place in March 2020. Registration link can be found in the attached announcement or by clicking this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBWSbnoFS4edNP495ftMVgrJpuXL4MpjQvdc9UcY3cWw_ePw/viewform March 19, 2020 at 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time Inspecting Radon Mitigation Systems Presenter: Bruce Snead, Director of Engineering Extension at Kansas… Continue Reading Radon Webinars
https://magazine.realtor/law-and-ethics/ethics/article/2020/01/the-code-toughens-its-words https://magazine.realtor/news-and-commentary/feature/article/2020/02/ohio-realtors-stand-up-for-lgbtq-rights Posted by: Byron King on 2/20/20 (This information is only accurate as of 2/20/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 2/20/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info at screaltors.org)
NAR article on Wyoming real estate licensee accused of the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) is a must-read for risk management. NAR ethics article 13 prohibits UPL. SC law makes UPL a felony crime. https://magazine.realtor/law-and-ethics/law/article/2018/10/can-you-change-that-contract [SC best practice: don't strike pre-printed SCR forms language...don't add phrases or sentences...without calling legal counsel and/or the SCR legal hotline. … Continue Reading Risk management – Changing standard forms – felony/lawsuit unauthorized practice of law