by Tator Law | Feb 22, 2020 | Real Estate
Insurance is a little like plumbing or the internet: You’re not really sure how it works, but you’re happy to know it’s there when you need it.For more than 20 years, the National Association of REALTORS® has provided its institutes, societies, councils, state and...
by Tator Law | Jan 18, 2020 | Real Estate
[VINCE MALTA] Hello everyone, I’m Vince Malta, 2020 President of the National Association of Realtors. I’m here with one of NAR’s newest team members, Bryan Greene, our director of fair housing policy. Bryan came to us from HUD, where he served as the General Deputy...
by Tator Law | Dec 21, 2019 | Real Estate
For more than 50 years, the Fair Housing Act has declared a national policy prohibiting discrimination in housing. And yet, there is still much progress to be made. For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of African-American homeowners fell to...
by Tator Law | Nov 2, 2019 | Real Estate
There are two types of Ikea customers: those who follow instructions and those who don’t. I was in the latter category. After spending an inordinate amount of time studying the instructions, assembling, disassembling, and reassembling parts to build my desk, I decided...
by Tator Law | Nov 2, 2019 | Real Estate
Q. We received an application from someone with a criminal history. Can we deny membership based on that alone?The bases upon which an applicant for REALTOR® membership may be denied are established in your association’s bylaws and clarified in NAR’s membership...
by Tator Law | Oct 26, 2019 | Real Estate
The agency cases from this quarter address several different agency issues. The first case, an interesting New York decision, the court held that a real estate representative breached her fiduciary duty by submitting her own offer for purchase of a property for which...
