by Gary Pickren | May 23, 2019 | Legal Tips
Here is a short video on why you don’t want to close at the end of the month. Let’s change the industry and stop the madness!!!! Also, in case you missed it I posted our first installment of Brokers in Cars Talking Contracts. New episodes each...
by Gary Pickren | May 20, 2019 | Legal Tips, Uncategorized
LET’S TRY IT AGAIN. TO PLAY CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE!!! Episode 1 starring Fred Reichhardt of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (retired) covers all you need to know about Paragraph 1 of The Central Carolina REALTORS’ Association contract. This...
by Gary Pickren | May 16, 2019 | Legal Tips
In last week’s blog about not closing at the end of the month, I promised to discuss interim interest. Here is a short video on the topic. (I hope I did this right. Jordan is out having a baby so who knows if I downloaded it right!!). By the way, I am moving...
by Gary Pickren | May 10, 2019 | Legal Tips
The last day of April was on a Tuesday. Blair Cato closed something like 25 houses on that day. On Wednesday I think we closed only 3 or 4. Those closings were mainly the ones that moved from Tuesday because lenders could not get the loan package done in time....
by Gary Pickren | May 6, 2019 | Legal Tips
As you may have noticed, many real estate agencies have moved away from holding earnest money. Most of these agencies request the closing attorney hold the earnest money for the transaction. I have spoken to several closing attorneys and most are experiencing similar...