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ADRE Audit & Investigation - Property Management Audits on the Rise? IntroductionOur firm has handled countless property management audits for our California real estate brokers and salespersons and the regulatory action in the Golden State is pretty high. However, we have not seen as much from ...
05/20/2018
Unreasonable delay in filing of administrative charges or commencement of hearing IntroductionSay you committed a crime twenty years ago (ex. theft, DUI, shoplifting, drunk in public, robbery, larceny, forgery, etc.) and 10 years after that you earned a real estate license (disclosing and explai...
05/20/2018
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California DBO Statement of Issues Overview - Call us at (877) 276-5084! IntroductionThe California Department of Business Oversight oversees CFL licensing (California Finance Lender) and also California Residential Mortgage Lending. For persons and companies seeking CFL licensing, some hurdles ...
05/20/2018
How to surrender your California real estate license while an investigation or accusation is pending. BRE SAMPLE PETITION TO SURRENDER REAL ESTATE LICENSE CAL BP 10100.2IntroductionThis real estate law blog discusses surrendering your real estate license in California when you no longer want to ...
05/20/2018
Property Management Litigation & Arbitration Law Firm IntroductionBeing a property manager is no easy task. As a matter of compliance, property managers have quite a few legal compliance issues to keep in mind, from trust fund accounting to affiliate disclosures, record keeping, and everything ...
05/20/2018
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Real Estate Mediation & Arbitration (ADR) under the California PSAG IntroductionWhen you get involved in a real estate dispute in California in a residential purchase or sale (either as the buyer or the seller) it is important to NOT FORGET the contractual duty to mediate any disputes that arise ...
05/20/2018
IntroductionI know, you are probably TIRED of hearing about another blog on real estate COMPLIANCE but this is an extremely important topic that most brokers are not even aware of, but the California Bureau of Real Estate (“BRE”), soon to go back to the “Department of Real Estate” name, is out in...
10/28/2017
Open Season for CalBRE property management audits?Hi again everybody, Attorney Steve® here with some 2017 real estate updates. Based on the number of phone calls I have been receiving lately from California real estate brokers and salespersons, it appears to be "open season" on real estate broke...
08/08/2017
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2017 CalBRE real estate updates from Attorney Steve® Introduction Our firm has helped numerous real estate companies across the state of California in a wide variety of BRE compliance issues. From advanced fee agreements, to statement of issues response, to defending in BRE audits, investigatio...
07/20/2017
Autodesk License Compliance Lawyer discusses the Home User License This blog is general legal information only and is written by Software Piracy & Compliance Attorney Steve Vondran, Esq. Introduction Are you complying with Autodesk License Terms by installing a backup copy of Autocad or Revit on...
02/09/2017