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
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https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-renters-no-longer-need-to-pay-thousands-to-appeal-evictions-chief-justice-says/article_77a27cf4-0f2d-11eb-9422-73d75c9bc9b0.html https://www.postandcourier.com/news/to-appeal-an-eviction-in-sc-tenants-are-required-to-pay-thousands-of-dollars-first/article_7f8e2a42-cbd2-11ea-8d20-df3fb28181ad.html Upon specific and immediate direction of Chief Justice Beatty, all magistrates are to immediately cease ordering a tenant to post past due rent in a residential eviction in order to stay the eviction on appeal. Code §27-40-800 (b) of the South Carolina Residential Landlord Tenant Act requires that it is sufficient to stay… Continue Reading Eviction Appeal Process Update
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Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, October 8, 2020 Mortgage rates fell slightly this week as mortgage applications rose. By: Nadia Evangelou Mortgage Financing Powered by WPeMatico