Here is another example of a recent Fair Housing Act lawsuit brought by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) against a housing provider. I try to post case summaries in order to provide timely updates to real estate professionals about the "dos and don'ts" under the Fair Housing Act,
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07/06/2010
Realtors NEED to have political opinions and BE INFORMED! Recently I went to a closing at a title company, that is located in the same building of a large real estate franchise. What I noticed, is a trend that has increased over the last several years. Numerous realtors had political stick
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07/06/2010
This is gonna be FUN * A Big Island (Hawaii) police officer told a US Census worker to get off his property and refused to take the census forms. The homeowner called his police buddies and had the census worker arrested. The case is going to federal court. If you have seen DOG The BOUNTY HUNTE
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07/06/2010
I suspect the BIG real estate office on a high-traffic road with a BIG sign are over. Some of you will remember my post awhile back about the "Future Real Estate Office or Brokerage." This post and video received a ton of attention and though many of the comments reflected a controversial an
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07/06/2010
AGENTS * If you want to help your new "clients" find a rental home, don't have your first words be * Do you pay a referral fee? Our rental market is HOT, HOT, HOT * and I don't mean the temperature outside. There is a massive amount of families and new-hires in the area or coming into the area
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07/06/2010
THIS is my BUSIEST TIME of THE YEAR * I have move-ins and outs at the end of June and July AND I am doing rental property management presentations for property owners leaving the area and wanting to LEASE their homes. Many of these owners are moving elsewhere in the US and are taking their local
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07/05/2010
My real estate property management firm is an S-corp and my husband and I have dividend and investment income in addition to rental income and corporate real estate income. We will have a meeting in September with our tax preparer to re-align our finances to minimize the effects of these TAX INCR
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07/05/2010
Reid and Pelosi will not compromise with several GOP offers to extend the unemployment benefits for 2 months using unspent monies from the stimulus package. Several offers were made prior to Congress' recess for the 4th of July holiday. EVERY GOP candidate for Congress in the November election M
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07/05/2010
I HATE sidewalk chalk.....I went to a property yesterday to prep it for showing. The owners moved out last week and I had the home and carpets cleaned.....when leaving I looked down and the beautiful flagstone entry way was covered with the owners' grandson's chalk pictures....UHK!!! Luckily
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07/05/2010
