Vondran IP Law

Applying for a variance in Maricopa County, Arizona If you have real estate clients in Arizona, particularly in Maricopa County, there may come a time when a real estate developer, homeowner, or investor needs to get a "variance." What is a variance? A variance is basically a deviation from the ...

TORTIOUS INTERFERRENCE WITH CONTRACT OR ECONOMIC BUSINESS ADVANTAGE IN CALIFORNIA   Click on the picture to watch the video We recently had a case come to our office where my client had an exclusive listing agreement with the seller of a residential property.  The broker was serving the client we...

About me: Hi, and welcome to my ActiveRain Page.  I am an attorney licensed to practice law in California (#232337) and Arizona (#025911).  I have also previously earned a real estate brokers license in both states and I have industry experience in residential and commercial real estate sales and...

I need your ideas, please let me know if there are any really interesting legal issues that have popped up in your pracite.  I would like to try to post a few things that can help real estate professionals in this community.  Hit me with your best topics! Some topics that might help get you going...

Hello all, Attached is a FREE qualified written request ("QWR") that you can use as a sample template for your own personal use.  No other uses of this document are permissible. As you will see, when sending in a QWR under the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act ("RESPA") you need to make ...

REAL ESTATE BROKER MARKETING TIPS FROM ATTORNEY STEVE Okay, as a real estate lawyer I interface with a lot of very professional and successful real estate people.  As such, when I see or hear good real estate brokering ideas, i am going to start sharing them.  Some of them will probably be real o...

SAMPLE LETTER - CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS (PRODUCE THE NOTE) Send them my sample letter under the Calfornia homeonwer bill of rights which was passed into law in California in 2013.  Under this new law, the lender or loan servicer needs to come up with competent eveidence of the right t...

The problem with the right to reinstate your loan in California 5 business days prior to trustee sale.   The California Association of Realtors has put out a nice timeline dealing wiith the foreclosure timelines in California.  This handy chart makes clear that a borrower has a legal right to re...

  A word about NMLS licenses and California Business and Professions Code Section 10166.051 After you have been audited by the California Department of Real Estate ("DRE") - soon to be called the "bureau of real estate" ("BRE"), one question I get quite frequently is WILL I LOSE MY NMLS LICENSE a...

  Are you ready to go from Real Estate Broker to Real Estate salespersons because you don't fully understand the duty to supervise?   This is an important notice about something that I know everyone already knows, but may not truly understand.  This article is based on things that I seen in my pr...