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Becoming a Landlord: Real Estate Investing 101 (Part 2)

2020-11-16T08:45:22-05:00November 16th, 2020|NAR|

By Samantha Jones This article is part two of a two-part series on purchasing and managing an investment property. I hope everyone found my first five tips on becoming a rental property owner and manager useful. In case you missed them, check them out now. As promised, here are my continued top 10 tips on… Continue Reading Becoming a Landlord: Real Estate Investing 101 (Part 2)

NAR Professional Standards Committee Forum Recording

2020-11-12T13:37:08-05:00November 12th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

https://www.conference.realtor/ https://virtualconference.realtor/session-virtual/?v26dd132ae80017cdaf764437c30ebe6f10c1b1eeaab01165e44366654b368dfaeab6baf7e386a642ecb238989334530e=ABA363CB8D321892F75BD958E81CC816AEF994E998902AF296F7B0D89EDAB9C451B9BE1DE85744A434EC3DC82E3286A6&from=followed-items Posted by: Byron King on 11/12/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/12/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/12/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Rollback Tax changes in 2021 – Delaying a closing could save your clients money!

2020-11-10T15:44:06-05:00November 10th, 2020|Legal FAQs|

From: Burnet R. Maybank III, Member at Nexsen Pruet, LLC When agricultural real property is applied to a use other than agricultural, it becomes subject to rollback taxes.  In the year the use changes, the difference between tax paid under the agricultural use classification and the amount that would have been paid (typically as commercial)… Continue Reading Rollback Tax changes in 2021 – Delaying a closing could save your clients money!

ADA – Office/Website Compliance

2020-11-10T12:17:22-05:00November 10th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

NAR on ADA compliance for physical space and online space: https://www.nar.realtor/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada Posted by: Byron King on 11/10/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/10/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/10/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Read B4 Cold Calling/Texting

2020-11-10T12:15:44-05:00November 10th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

https://www.nar.realtor/telemarketing-cold-calling Posted by: Byron King on 11/10/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/10/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/10/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Guide to Multiple Offers

2020-11-10T12:08:10-05:00November 10th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

NAR guide to handling multiple offers: https://www.nar.realtor/about-nar/policies/professional-standards-and-code-of-ethics/a-buyers-and-sellers-guide-to-multiple-offer-negotiations https://www.nar.realtor/videos/window-to-the-law/how-to-handle-multiple-offers Posted by: Byron King on 11/10/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/10/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/10/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Top Risk Management Topics for Brokers

2020-11-10T12:05:44-05:00November 10th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

NAR list of top risk management topics for brokers: https://www.nar.realtor/legal/hot-topics-for-brokers Posted by: Byron King on 11/10/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/10/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/10/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Sovereign Citizens

2020-11-09T15:07:41-05:00November 9th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

https://www.masc.sc/Pages/newsroom/uptown/April-2019/Understanding-Sovereign-Citizens-Tactics-and-Threats.aspx https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article236331298.html https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=556322&article_id=3279549&view=articleBrowser https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/sovereign-citizens-a-growing-domestic-threat-to-law-enforcement Posted by: Byron King on 11/09/20 (This information is only accurate as of 11/09/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 11/09/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Earnest money and Repair Procedure….

2020-11-09T11:31:09-05:00November 9th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

Since 99.9% of the usual hotline calls have fact patterns that do not fit into applicable federal or SC precedent case law (no one is likely taking repair procedure/earnest money cases all the way to the SC Court of Appeals also the facts of the real estate issues are always different), the answers are always… Continue Reading Earnest money and Repair Procedure….

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