by Gary Pickren | Feb 19, 2016 | Legal Tips
It is that time of year when real estate licensees begin to worry if they need to complete their continuing education requirements to renew their license. To determine if you need MCE/CE this year, please check your pocket license and determine the renewal date. If...
by Gary Pickren | Feb 12, 2016 | Legal Tips
I received several great emails from agents after I wrote the first post on this topic last week. As we discussed in the legal tip, a person acting in a fiduciary position does not have to prepare a seller disclosure. This means neither the personal representative of...
by Gary Pickren | Feb 5, 2016 | Legal Tips
The Residential Property Disclosure Act sets forth the requirements for completing the Seller Disclosure as well as the fifteen exclusions to the Act. SC Code § 27-50-30 excludes certain types of transactions from the article. If the seller falls into one of these...
by Gary Pickren | Jan 29, 2016 | Legal Tips
Today’s topic is part three of our discussion on advertising another agent’s listings. This week I spoke at length with LLR about the Schiller Case that we have discussed the past two weeks. Because the order was a consent order the fact pattern is very short so it...
by Gary Pickren | Jan 22, 2016 | Legal Tips
Last week’s tip on advertising other agent’s listings resulted in many emails. I contacted LLR and am waiting on a response to many of the questions you posed. The main question was could an agent advertise their broker’s or company’s listings. Based on my research...