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https://www.bhfs.com/insights/alerts-articles/2023/d-c-policymakers-take-aim-at-tenant-screening-issues Posted by: Byron King on 05/02/23 (This information is only accurate as of 05/02/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 05/02/23 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… Continue Reading Property Management and Criminal Records, Risk Management

The SCR Independent Contractor Agreement: https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/501.pdf The SCR Sales Associate Application: https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/502.pdf Your brokerage attorney can draft the compensation agreement between the BIC and the associated licensee...and the BIC and the associated team members. This is so individually tailored that no standard form can be written without being mostly blank lines that ideally the attorneys… Continue Reading BIC ICA Application, Agreement, Separation, Disputes, Forms, Agreements

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/disability-rights-activist-faces-supreme-court-showdown-hotel-accessib-rcna76512 Posted by: Byron King on 05/01/23 (This information is only accurate as of 05/01/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 05/01/23 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… Continue Reading US Supreme Court, ADA Website Access, WCAG 2.0, Testers

https://www.nar.realtor/washington-report/nar-advocates-for-fhfa-to-maintain-affordability-for-all-homebuyers https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/nar-is-making-the-realtor-voice-heard-on-llpas https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/nar-statement-on-fhfa-llpa-structure-changes Posted by: Byron King on 04/27/23 (This information is only accurate as of 04/27/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 04/27/23 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… Continue Reading NAR on LLPAs

Team names can include the word "team" as added risk management. Team names may not include the terms "realty", "real estate", "realtors", or similar terms suggesting a brokerage. Individual licensees can use their license name and company. (3) A licensee may not conduct real estate business under another name or at an address other than… Continue Reading Names…Teams, Individuals, Nicknames aka alternative first names…LLR SCREC

Since the LLR SCREC RPCDS (residential property condition disclosure statement) provides risk management for all involved (e.g., buyers, sellers, brokers, agents) and many of the questions mirror questions contained in commercial disclosure forms and land disclosure forms from other states, and the statutes and SC courts have recognized some of the form's risk management advantages,… Continue Reading LLR SCREC Forms and Risk Management Ideas

LLR SCREC trust account guidelines https://www.llr.sc.gov/re/recpdf/TrustAccountBook.pdf Posted by: Byron King on 04/24/23 (This information is only accurate as of 04/24/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 04/24/23 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… Continue Reading LLR SCREC trust account guidelines

From LLR SCREC for June 1, 2023 on the seller disclosure... https://llr.sc.gov/re/recpdf/Updated_Property_Disclosure_Form.pdf South Carolina Residential Property Condition Disclosure Statement (Effective 7/1/2022) (Revised 4/22) Updated South Carolina Residential Property Condition Disclosure Statement (Effective 6/1/2023) (Revised 2/23) Posted by: Byron King on 04/24/23 (This information is only accurate as of 04/24/23. You must contact SCR for updates… Continue Reading June 1, 2023; New LLR SCREC RPCDS (aka SCR230)

The SC Disclosure of Real Estate Brokerage Relationships Form SCR110 is from LLR SCREC per the General Assembly (SCDREBR aka SCR110). https://llr.sc.gov/re/recpdf/Doc170%20SC_Disclosure_of_Real_Estate_Brokerage_Relationships.pdf https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/110.pdf Prior to the General Assembly creating the real estate transactional brokerage (aka non-agency) service relationship, this form was often referred to as the agency brochure or the agency disclosure brochure. The SC… Continue Reading SCR110 Disclosure of Real Estate Brokerage Relationships government form

Case #12-1: Absence of Name on Sign Prospect A observed a sign on a vacant lot reading: “For Sale — Call 330-5215.” Thinking he would be dealing with a For Sale by Owner, he called the number on the sign. He was surprised that the lot was exclusively listed by REALTOR® A, and the telephone… Continue Reading NAR Case Interpretation – No Name on Sign – Ethics Violation