Real Estate Agency Law
Do You Still Owe Your Broker If You Find the Buyer?
Question: Last month, we signed a six-month listing agreement with a real estate broker to sell our Fountain Hills home. When our son found out that we were selling our home, he immediately said he would buy it. He now has the financing for the purchase, and he doesn’t want to do an inspection because he…
Read MoreAmerican Flag Can Be Flown “Upside Down” As A Signal of “Dire Distress”
Question: In a recent column you said that an HOA can generally prohibit a homeowner from flying the American flag upside down. Is that a state or federal law, or some “BS” HOA rule? I always thought that flying the American flag upside down meant that our country is in deep trouble such as the…
Read MoreLiability of Real Estate Brokerage Firm for Acts of its Real Estate Agents
Question: I am the designated broker of our small Glendale real estate office. I know that I have to supervise all real estate agents in our office. One of our real estate agents recently made inappropriate remarks and physical advances to a female real estate agent at an open house. She even filed a police…
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