Court Says Real Estate License Not Required to Manage Short-Term Rentals
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a decision this week essentially ruling that a real estate license is not required for individuals who are engaged in short-term vacation property management services.
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Advertising Compliance is Real
For the love of all that is holy, include the broker’s name and phone number in all agent advertising.
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How Can I Assist You?
The PAR Legal Hotline gets a lot of questions about agents wanting to hire “assistants” to grow their real estate practice. But these questions aren’t quite as cut and dry as you might hope since there is not a legal or statutory definition of exactly what an “assistant” is or does.
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PAR In-House Legal Hotline Marks Third Anniversary
Our jobs will be a bit easier – and your answers will be a bit faster – if you can limit calls to the things you can’t figure out through other sources before you hit the hotline.
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Assistance Animals: Your Most Pressing Questions, Answered
PAR has developed a new flowchart-style guide that lays out how to handle requests for reasonable accommodations regarding assistance animals.
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ADA Website Accessibility: What Realtors® Need to Know
New guidance on website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act was issued recently by the U.S. Department of Justice. What’s a Realtor® to do?
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…and I Want a Pony
It seems that many buyers, sellers, brokers and agents seem to believe that merely asking (or demanding) for something to happen just magically speaks it into existence and they are entitled to get whatever they want.
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New Year, New NAR Policy Updates
All Professional Standards changes are in effect as of Jan. 1, so they’re effective now. MLS policy changes are effective as of Jan. 1, but local Realtor®-owned MLSs have until March 1 to adopt the changes into their local rules. (Editor’s Note: That date has been moved to Sept. 1.)
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Don’t be a Secret Agent, Man
The PAR Legal Hotline can’t answer everything, here are three popular questions we can’t answer for you and how to find out for yourself.
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It’s All About the Inspections
The PAR Legal Hotline is seeing terminations and deposit disputes shoot up, as well as a spike in seller disclosure problems and about a 40% increase in buyer-seller mediation request.
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