Category: Guest CA Attorney Blogs
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Initial Observations On C.A.R.’s Revised COP
by David Hamerslough and Victoria B. Naidorf One of the forms that we understand C.A.R. will release in December 2026 is a revised Contingency For Sale Of Buyer’s Property (“COP”). This and next month’s article provide some of our initial observations on the revised COP. Our approach in these articles is to spotlight (1) the…
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RHRC Legal Update #183 – Additional Observations On C.A.R.’s June 2026 Forms Release
by David Hamerslough and Victoria B. Naidorf Our last two articles discussed three forms that were part of C.A.R.’s June 2026 forms release (SPQ, SWPI-Q, and SWPI-C). This month’s article provides some observations that we have to other forms that were part of C.A.R.’s June 2026 forms release.
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Revisiting the Identification, Disclosure, and Production of Historical Documents
By David Hamerslough The need for sellers to provide buyers with historical documents is a subject I have covered in previous articles. The last time I did so was December 2021. As noted therein, historical documents include all documents that precede the sale of the property. They include documents in the seller’s possession, custody, and…
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Yikes, I’ve Been Yelped! What Recourse Do I Have?
For a real estate professional, minimizing, much less avoiding or resolving, the potential fallout from a negative Yelp review has never been easy. Unlike a restaurant or a service provider (e.g., cleaners) who can communicate with their customer to apologize, explain, and/or offer another meal, gift certificate, or a re-do on any service, the typical…
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PRDS Introduces Its Broker Compensation Advisory
by David Hamerslough This month, PRDS is introducing its Broker Compensation Advisory (“BCA”). C.A.R. is also introducing a broker compensation advisory this month. Both organizations are in the process of creating additional forms or revising existing forms to address the impact of the practice changes required by the settlement that N.A.R. reached in the class-action…
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New Laws For 2024
The California legislature has passed a number of new laws that will impact real estate transactions and activities in 2024.
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Where’s the TOPA?
by David Hamerslough If you subscribe to the rule that one claim is an anomaly, two are a coincidence, and three are a trend, then you should read this article. Within the last 45 days, I have worked on three claims involving tenant-occupied property transactions. In each claim, the C.A.R. RPA was used, but no…
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Reading The Tea Leaves: Some Issues I Consider When Reviewing a Seller’s Disclosure Document
As a lawyer, my review of a seller’s disclosure documents is often in conjunction with claims involving lack of disclosure or with disputes.
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PRDS Forms Update
The PRDS Forms Committee is in the process of revising its Buyer Representation And Broker Compensation Agreement, introducing a new Buyer’s Needs And Wants Assessment form (BNW) that can be used with or without the representation agreement, and updating its Market Conditions Advisory (MCA).