Resurrecting a Dead Contract with Agreement to Revive Contract
Learn when to use the Agreement to Revive Contract form, how to use it and when not to use it.
Jon Goodman
Selling your Value without Getting in Trouble
Many buyers expect their broker to evaluate whether the buyer can change the property post-closing.
NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy
NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy Sellers will no longer be able to waive MLS rules that require listing brokers to promptly submit listings to the MLS. Brokers must enter the property into the MLS within one business day after the property is “publically marketed.” Learn how this rule will affect your business model and get a … Continue Reading
Avoiding Seller “Blank Check Risk” For Inspection Resolutions
Avoiding Seller “Blank Check Risk” For Inspection Resolutions Any time a seller agrees to repair something for a buyer, there is the risk that the repair will cost much more than the seller expects. Learn the pros and cons of the five basic options for protecting your seller against that risk. Video Transcription: Hi, this … Continue Reading
When to be Cruel to be Kind
When to be Cruel to be Kind You are successful partly because you have an inclination to help people. Yet sometimes your desire to help hurts your clients and unnecessarily exposes you to liability. Consider the buyer who has remorse and wants to back of a deal at the last minute without a legal justification … Continue Reading
Managing Seller Risk in the Limbo Period
For example, the buyer’s loan objection deadline has passed and the buyer doesn’t have loan approval. Can the seller kick the buyer out of the deal at that point?
Must You Extend Listing when Purchase Contract Closes After its Expiration?
Must You Extend Listing when Purchase Contract Closes After its Expiration? Webcast 6/18/19: Must You Extend Listing when Purchase Contract Closes After its Expiration? Consider a situation where you have a six month listing agreement. The seller enters into a contract five and one half months into the listing that is scheduled to close after … Continue Reading
Buying Property Anonymously
Purchasing Property Anonymously Webcast 5/1/19: Buying a Property Anonymously. It’s not unusual for Commercial Buyers to want to purchase anonymously, and it’s not uncommon in Residential transactions either! We explore the motives behind incognito purchases, options for accomplishing them, and look at how they affect the transaction.
Selling a Property Anonymously
Selling a Property Anonymously Some sellers seek to quietly sell their property. Learn how to (1) dial into the seller’s expectations, (2) accomplish the seller’s goals and (3) manage the risks of not widely advertising the property to the whole market.
General Warranty Deed versus Special Warranty Deed
General Warranty Deed versus Special Warranty Deed In addition to the choice of deed (between general warranty and special warranty), there are three other factors that strongly influence the buyers’ and sellers’ risk factors: (1) The style of the exceptions to the warranties; (2) the features of the sellers’ existing title insurance; and (3) the … Continue Reading