Law and Ethics

Real estate laws, court cases, and rules that may affect your commercial or residential real estate business.

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August 22, 2024

Now that practice changes have taken effect, ensure consumers are treated equally by developing policies to guide conversations about compensation.

Property managers must abide by strict rules when using common reports to determine the eligibility of prospective renters.

Your phone marketing strategy could land you in legal trouble.

Assigning another party to take over a transaction from you before it closes can be smart. Be sure you do it right.

These are the hurdles agents most often face and how to stay in compliance while navigating a transaction.

Global business and state laws are among the issues that our evolving Code of Ethics addresses.

If it looks like a jointly held mortgage will be the answer to getting the transaction done, don’t sugarcoat the facts.

It’s easier than you’d expect to get tangled in the unauthorized practice of law.

Learn how recent changes from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect those who earn income as independent contractors or from pass-through businesses.

If you give clients a list of inspectors to contact, be sure all are qualified.

When clients deceptively skirt their responsibility to disclose property defects, it could spell trouble for you, too.

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