When tenants fail to pay deposits and advance rent on time, members sometimes get confused about the (up to) five different legal relationships lurking beneath the surface. This article should help untangle where everyone stands.
For many buyers, especially millennials, “smart home” is an MLS selling point. But with new tech tools being released and updated at breakneck speed, which smart-home upgrades stay with the house and which ones move out with the seller?
Mom lives in a home she co-owns with Son A. Son B will eventually inherit Mom’s half and he wants to buy Son A’s half now and pay for it over time. Son A is okay with that. But he’s worried about legal problems if they don’t handle the details correctly.
A seller claims he received at least 70 phone calls from real estate agents after his Realtor pulled his MLS listing so he could make some repairs – but two agents kept calling even after the home’s MLS return. Do agents have an ethical duty to check the MLS before calling?
Home purchases in “turning around” neighborhoods can be good investments as new owners see their property values rise faster than other nearby neighborhoods. But gentrification changes a community’s characteristics and can flirt with Fair Housing Act violations.
The first step to boost social media marketing? Get a plan. Content drives the marketing, so start by telling your story and then a bit about your home neighborhood.
An analysis of 3Q buyer searches on Redfin’s website found 22K more people from other states looked for a Fla. home than the number of Floridians who looked elsewhere.
NAREB’s 2020 study says Black homeownership will lag without major changes in public policy, lending, down payment assistance and forbearance period extensions. “You clearly see that structural and institutional remedies are necessary,” says NAREB President Williams.
On a final walkthrough, unfinished repairs and newly discovered problems are usually the seller’s problem. After closing a few days later, they’re the buyer’s problem.
A letter phrase like “my kids running down the stairs on Christmas morning” includes two protected classes under the Fair Housing Act – religion and familial status.