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2013 Mock Arbitration Hearing (Money Dispute)(older video production): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkQ27V3MFaU Newer videos: Past PSC Chairs John Smith and Lisa Alexander's Ethics in Action Article 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sju_aJxM0MY SCR PSC Chair Mark Davis Cote and Vice Chair James Akers deep dive into ethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAujttypBSs Past PSC Chairs John Smith and Lisa Alexander's Ethics in Action Article 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wECRLq_dPU… Continue Reading Professional Standards Videos Playlist

https://www.nar.realtor/advocacy/advocacy-scoop-podcast/fair-housing-for-all Listen to the latest Advocacy Scoop Podcast: April is Fair Housing Month, and Shannon and Patrick take us inside NAR’s 360-degree approach to the topic. Fair Housing isn’t just a feel-good phrase—it’s the law. And NAR’s members are an army of Fair Housing advocates leading on this issue in every zip code in America.… Continue Reading NAR Advocacy Scoop Fair Housing Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sju_aJxM0MY REALTORS® John Smith and Lisa Alexander present a short video on advertising and communications (e.g., NAR ethics article #12). This information is only accurate as of 4/14/25. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 4/14/25 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info at… Continue Reading SCR Ethics: Advertising/Communications: NAR Ethics Article #12

https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/broker-news/the-worst-risk-the-one-you-never-saw-coming What happens if a buyer closes with another agent after signing an exclusive agency expression agreement with you? REALTOR® association attorneys are fielding questions like this on their legal hotlines, according to attorneys speaking at the 2025 REALTOR® Broker Summit in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday. Brokerages face many risks to their businesses, from copyright… Continue Reading REALTOR Magazine: NAR Broker Summit’s Legal Broker Risks

A couple of recent brokerage issues highlighted at a local brokerage roundtable: Prudent brokerage risk management can include creating a written executable plan for the future involving a BIC death or problematic incapacity (e.g., health, incommunicado, incarceration, missing in action, other) and the voluntary or involuntary separation of a BIC's associate (e.g., compensation changes, pendings,… Continue Reading Brokerage Risk Management Planning (BIC Death/Inability, Associate Separation)

SCR has heard reports that some REALTORS® making referrals to service providers were sometimes accused of making negligent referrals when the service provider did not perform to the consumer's satisfaction (e.g., litigation communicated, ethics complaints, license law complaints, upset people leading to loss of referrals and loss of future business and receipt of bad reviews).… Continue Reading Referrals: To Make or Not to Make, Risk Management

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c028.php This information is only accurate as of 4/9/25. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 4/9/25 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info at screaltors.org or email byron at screaltors.org) This information is not legal advice. This information is intended only to provide… Continue Reading Marketing Agreements, SC Government Limitations

[Separate from the below South Carolina licensing requirements for CE hours:  REALTOR® Membership may require additional annual hours of education for local membership (contact your local association to determine if there is a local education requirement) and your national membership requires triennially 2.5 hours of ethics training and 2 hours of fair housing training which depending on the… Continue Reading CE Continuing Education 10 Hours (biennial), LLR SCREC, background checks (third renewal)

Properly use the LLR offer rejection form (SCR314). The offer rejection form is not dead. The offer rejection form is now stronger than last year. There is a time limit now (e.g., within 48 hours of rejection). Call the hotline if your sellers are incommunicado and you fear missing this deadline. Properly communicating with the… Continue Reading Fake News: The LLR Offer Rejection Form SCR314 is Not Dead! Use SCR314 Properly.

https://www.e-verify.gov/ SCR has received reports of LLR conducting E-Verify Audits. If you hire employees, learn the federal e-verify requirements and or consult with your staffing agency about e-verify compliance for you. This information is only accurate as of 4/8/25. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 4/8/25 as laws and… Continue Reading If You Hire Employees, Learn Federal E-Verify