SCR has heard some startling reports of residential surveillance issues. Educate your buyers to behave in listings and avoid verbal communication in the listing. Use a notepad or texting while in the listing. Educate your sellers to get legal counsel about using microphones and avoid using cameras in areas where visitors have an expectation of… Continue Reading Trick or Treat! Surveillance in Listings! Photography Rights!
Current plan for SCR forms classes....contact local board for times. Some CE instructors will also be teaching/traveling the state to present SCR forms updates. Western Upstate 11/12/2019 Piedmont 11/14/2019 Coastal Carolinas 11/15/2019 Sumter Board 11/26/2019 Greater Pee Dee 12/4/2019 Spartanburg 12/5/2019 Beaufort 12/10/2019 Greenwood 12/12/2019 Hilton Head Area 12/13/2019 Charleston Trident 12/16/2019 Central Carolina 12/18/2019… Continue Reading Current SCR Forms Class Schedule
By Lee Davenport Back in 2007, I was laughed at by a publicist/marketer when I said I liked this new website called Facebook for business marketing. That “expert” said, “Facebook? That’s for teenagers. Myspace is the place to be!” You may be wondering, “What is Myspace?” It’s hard to believe, but MySpace was the cat’s… Continue Reading iBuyers: Lead Disruptors or Generators?
September 2019 Pending Home Sales September’s pending home sales pace was up 1.5% last month and rose 3.9% from a year ago.October 29, 2019By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico
By Jef Conn Shout out to the agents who are working long hours, evenings, and weekends, without taking a personal day so you can keep up with business or better serve your clients. I’ve been there. Most of us can look around our offices and see fellow agents working hard and not taking time off.… Continue Reading Take A Day Off—You Can’t Afford Not To
A44, R64, S281 STATUS INFORMATION General Bill Sponsors: Senators Talley, Campbell and Martin Document Path: l:\s-res\sft\007serv.kmm.sft.docx Companion/Similar bill(s): 3459 Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2019 Introduced in the House on April 11, 2019 Last Amended on April 10, 2019 Passed by the General Assembly on May 9, 2019 Governor's Action: May 16, 2019,… Continue Reading 2019 General Assembly on Service Animals
Our Picks: 10 Most Horrifying Decorative Trends October is the month for thrills and chills, but your sense of interior design shouldn’t be what’s scaring people.October 25, 2019By: Melissa Dittmann TraceyDesign TrendsPowered by WPeMatico
The Uncommon Previous Careers of REALTORS® In NAR's 2019 Member Profile, only 4% of REALTORS® stated that real estate was their first career.October 25, 2019By: Matt Christopherson Powered by WPeMatico
September 2019 Existing-Home Sales Housing market activity this September fell 2.2% from August 2019. September's sales of existing homes increased 3.9% from September 2018.October 23, 2019By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico
https://llr.sc.gov/re/RECPDF/RealEstateNewsletter_October2019.pdf Information on earnest money disbursement. Risk management tip from SCR: use a trusted SC law firm as escrow agent and always get the lawyer to draft an escrow agreement upfront which states how the money is disbursed in a closing and failed closing. Warning: LLR has prosecuted BICs for disbursing without a release/disbursement agreement/order… Continue Reading October 2019 LLR SC Real Estate Commission Newsletter