Archive for the 'Real estate licensing' Category

Test Your Real Estate Legal Knowledge

One reason why real estate agent licensing should be made more stringent is so agents, and their brokers, and their clients, don’t end up in court. Another reason is that laws vary from state to state — so if you think you know it all in your state and decide to move to […]

You Be The Judge: Dual Agency vs. Buyer Agent

Here are the facts of this real life real estate legal case. You decide who wins.

Buyer Amy hired salesperson Sam to represent her in the purchase of a home. A second buyer, Ben, also hired Sam as his buyer’s agent to find a house. Both signed agency disclosure forms.
In the process of […]

Lightbulbs and Licenses: A Dim Bulb’s Guide to Consumer Protection

Intelligence is a relative concept– Ayn Rand’s younger sister, Nora…. ergo:
The purpose of these (licensing) laws is to artificially limit entry into the real estate business, with the objective being to artificially raise the prices paid by consumers (emphasis added, ignorance in the original)
I’ve been reading this licensing abolition nonsense over and over. First […]

Licensing of Real Estate Agents is No Laughing Matter

[Warning: This post contains cartoons. Lovers of discursive prose will do best to look away. You have been warned.]
I read this statement on a blog:
The purpose of these (licensing) laws is to artificially limit entry into the real estate business, with the objective being to artificially raise the prices paid by consumers. (emphasis added)
My prose […]