by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 28, 2017 | Home Buying, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Arizona’s residential purchase contract form is a minimum of 9 pages. There are a multitude of blanks that must be filled in to complete it. Generally there are 3 separate parts to the contract: price, terms and conditions. The gross purchase price occupies just one...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 22, 2017 | The Attorney-Broker Advantage
The purchase of a home is complicated and involves a number of documents that have legal implications. Agents may have the right to prepare real estate documents, but they can’t supply legal expertise because they don’t have that training. Bruce Gardner, a real...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 20, 2016 | The Attorney-Broker Advantage
The D.A.N.G.E.R. report, commissioned by the National Association of Realtors, states that a problem with agents is “[t]he knowledge and competency gap from the most to the least is very large, due to the low barriers to entry, low continuing education requirements,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 23, 2016 | Home Ownership, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Unlike me, agents have no legal training. Yet they are allowed to prepare contracts. An example of what can go wrong when an agent plays attorney occurred to Coyotes defenseman Zbynek Michalek, who lost a $100,000 cash earnest money deposit when he tried to buy a...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 15, 2016 | Real Estate Facts & Figures, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Buying or selling a home is highest dollar transaction most people engage in. To protect the public, what does the state of Arizona require of real estate agents?1. A four year University degree (Bachelor of Science or Arts), three years post-graduate and a...