Always be vigilant in protecting your personal information. If you receive requests for any personal information via phone or text originating from any phone number not known to you, do not respond. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of a communication or request from NAR, please hang up and contact our Member Support… Continue Reading Suspicious Calls Allegedly from NAR? Might be a Scam!
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With more real estate professionals working from home than ever, it’s essential to safeguard computers, smartphones, and even smart-home devices again cyber-attacks. Any device or appliance that uses an internet connection can be a target for hackers and a backdoor into your business’s private data, according to CyberPolicy®, a cyber insurance marketplace and a REALTOR… Continue Reading Tips for Being Cyber Smart
Good risk management strategy to train your associated licensees, employees, staff, independent contractors, etc. to avoid/prevent harassment issues. Here is a NAR video on preventing/avoiding/disciplining harassment: https://www.nar.realtor/videos/hot-topics-in-employment-liability Posted by: Byron King on 11/02/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/02/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/02/20 as… Continue Reading Risk Management: Harassment Video from NAR
Pursuant to FIRRMA, CFIUS is authorized to review certain transactions involving the purchase or the lease by, or a concession to, a foreign person of certain real estate in the United States, beginning on February 13, 2020. https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/international/the-committee-on-foreign-investment-in-the-united-states-cfius/cfius-real-estate-instructions-part-802 Posted by: Byron King on 10/30/20 (This information is only accurate as of 10/30/20. You must contact… Continue Reading CFIUS Real Estate Impacts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sharon Stone • 803-772-5206 Record home sales continue into fall season COLUMBIA, S.C. (October 27, 2020) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its September 2020 statewide real estate market data. It’s proving to be another unusual season as the state continues to see record sales and strong buyer activity into… Continue Reading Record home sales continue into fall season
The Most Horrifying Home Decor: 2020 Edition REALTOR® Magazine's Styled, Staged & Sold blog weighs in on the "scariest" designs of the year. By: Melissa Dittmann Tracey Design Trends Powered by WPeMatico
By Jasen Edwards The fall is traditionally a hectic time of year for the housing market. But this year, when you consider the election, pandemic, and exceptionally low interest rates, “hectic” seems like an understatement. One thing is clear, most agents I speak to are busier than ever. Because of the situation we find ourselves… Continue Reading Top Producer Life: 3 Tests to Vet Buyer Clients
This issue arises occasionally on the hotline and some MLS systems allow home inspectors to engage in the MLS and hold an MLS lockbox e-key which solves practical access issues. Listing agents should warn sellers to secure their property for showings and inspections. Strangers will enter the property. Secure valuables, information, weapons, prescription drugs, alcohol,… Continue Reading Inspectors and Access for Inspections
The silver lining (if any) for COVID-19 is sometimes online meetings such as the below online NAR professional standards meetings and mediation meetings. In other years, you would have time and money expense to travel to the NAR conference to participate in these meetings. In 2020, these meetings are online. Monday, November 2, Professional Standards… Continue Reading NAR Online Professional Standards and Mediation Meetings