Real estate professionals would be wise to think like regulators and prioritize compliance when evaluating the potential use of AI in their business, compliance expert Summer Goralik writes
The Consumer Federation of America, an industry watchdog, says that the buyer agreements you're depending on are woefully inadequate to properly protect homebuyers
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According to compliance expert Summer Goralik, it's time to ask important questions, adopt new business protocols and engage in different types of conversations or scripts with clients
Here's how you're trying to protect your clients' safety and security from scammers and fraudsters in today's world
After asking about the best advice you ever received from a mentor, we asked about the worst advice, and you did not hold back
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There are some bad actors out there. It's up to you to protect yourself and your clients from fraudsters, scammers and cybercriminals
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The most explosive damage to the National Association of Realtors and the overall industry will result if the defendants lose one or both so-called bombshell lawsuits
Real estate agents should be familiar with these duties and make sure to adhere to them in order to avoid legal liability and to maintain the trust and confidence of their clients
Davis filed suit, he says, in an effort to restore his reputation after sexual misconduct allegations against him surfaced this year. 'There is a price to ruin someone's life,' his spokesman told Inman
The lawsuit alleges Compass agent Cory Cooper pressured an elderly homeowner to sell her property off the multiple listing service to a real estate investor he knew
The complaint alleges negligence and breach of fiduciary duty after an unknown third party impersonated the brokerage's title company and sent the buyers fraudulent wiring instructions
The real estate franchisor has subpoenaed the discount brokerage for recordings of all in-bound calls, not just those purporting to show agent steering, in multibillion-dollar class-action case
The New York- and Connecticut-based brokerage says it will appeal the ruling, which will allow plaintiffs to sue on behalf of some 20,000 homebuyers and sellers going back more than a decade
Most Florida agents are transaction brokers who don't have to disclose they have no obligation to look out for customers' best interests, according to the Consumer Federation of America
Agents misrepresent themselves and aspects of their transaction, sometimes without even knowing it, according to broker and ethics hearing officer Barbara Betts