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Fake Sellers Land Sales Scammers

2023-03-09T12:08:09-05:00March 9th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

All SCR members have access to FOREWARN. Try to find contact information on the owners/sellers. FOREWARN has names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers. HOA has contact information on the owners/seller. Perhaps neighbors have contact information on the owners/sellers. Tax records have mail addresses and names. Quickly contact the owners/sellers via other various lanes of communication [...]

Wire Fraud Reminder

2023-03-09T11:56:30-05:00March 9th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

Time is critical for recovery...with the bank and FBI. Call early and often. https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices SCR610 wire fraud form, consider using to educate consumers and agents and staff and paralegals and lawyers and lenders. https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/610.pdf Consider regularly and properly changing all passwords. Using a two step authenticator (e.g., text code) login can help. Try to keep [...]

NAR ON AI IN RE

2023-03-08T15:10:05-05:00March 8th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/technology/you-can-stop-ai-from-spreading-false-real-estate-info?utm_term=A535F674-1FE5-4DE7-86BF-2B71C40DD9BA&utm_campaign=3BFA9068-DFBC-477B-BC94-C168B9A999F1&nwsltr=navnar&utm_content=61A385D1-5680-4DAE-AD90-9AC99EB4219E Posted by: Byron King on 03/08/23 (This information is only accurate as of 03/08/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 03/08/23 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 [...]

Domestic Violence

2023-03-08T13:30:10-05:00March 8th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

https://www.scbar.org/public/get-legal-help/common-legal-topics/domestic-violence/ Posted by: Byron King on 03/08/23 (This information is only accurate as of 03/08/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 03/08/23 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 [...]

Seller’s Transaction Costs in SCR310

2023-03-07T10:54:45-05:00March 7th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

How can the seller limit the amount of dollars that the seller agrees to pay for the buyer's transaction costs? The hotline has been getting this question, the seller can counter offer $0 or a lower number of dollars in the blank (e.g., At Closing, Seller will pay Buyer's transaction costs not to exceed $ [...]

Fentanyl Opioids Risk Management, Issues, Employees, Contractors, Real Estate

2023-03-06T12:13:28-05:00March 6th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

There are some tragic stories appearing online about fentanyl deaths in real estate properties (e.g., fentanyl material inadvertently/intentionally left behind to be discovered/encountered, fentanyl production via a clandestine laboratory in rental property, drug use, accidental contact/ingestion). ...see link below regarding potential legal actions regarding a toddler's death that experts believe was fentanyl caused by accidental [...]

SCR115 LLR SCREC Dual Agency Form

2023-03-06T09:35:32-05:00March 6th, 2023|Legal FAQs|

SCREC LLR dual agency agreement: https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/115.pdf Buyer signs the buyer agency agreement and SCR115 as their offer is developed when the brokerage has the listing agency too. e.g., SCR130/135 are typical buyer agency agreements. https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/130.pdf https://screaltors.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/135.pdf Example: SCR115 goes to the listing agent with the offer (e.g., SCR310). The seller signs the SCR115 prior to [...]

NAR Data Security Page

2023-03-03T09:14:37-05:00March 3rd, 2023|Legal FAQs|

https://www.nar.realtor/data-privacy-security Posted by: Byron King on 03/03/23 (This information is only accurate as of 03/03/23. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 03/03/23 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 [...]

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