The third episode of our new series applies the procuring cause theory to an exclusive seller representation agreement which lacks a safety clause – and illustrates how a safety clause in a properly structured representation agreement is always the best practice.| firsttuesday Journal
Grab your buttered popcorn for the two-part firsttuesday Halloween Special covering the disclosure of a death on a property. You’ll scream — you’ll laugh — you’ll learn!| firsttuesday Journal
This form is used by a leasing agent, tenant or landlord when space in a project is rented by a tenant on a month-to-month basis, to grant the tenancy and set the terms for the tenant’s payment of rent and the allocation of the cost of utilities, maintenance and operating costs between the landlord and […]| firsttuesday Journal
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager when negotiating rent payments as a percentage of a non-residential tenant’s gross sales uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the percentage variety to set the terms for a fixed-term tenancy or uses the month-to-month variety to prepare a Commercial Rental Agreement for a periodic tenancy.| firsttuesday Journal
Learn the contract elements comprising an enforceable agreement and how to manage the submission of an offer for the sale, lease or exchange of real estate.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Every year, real estate agents and brokers alike balk at the thought of having to shell out excessive and discretionary dues to the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) and other Realtor® associations — up to $700 annually, depending on the local association.| firsttuesday Journal
An update on stock pricing and earnings.| firsttuesday Journal
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page.| firsttuesday Journal
Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Sellers of tax defaulted property If you have unpaid property taxes or face a tax sale due to delinquency, consider letting me help […]| firsttuesday Journal
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced new tax rates and standard deductions for 2026.| firsttuesday Journal
Mortgage rates are on their way up.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Learn how the Fed is using their benchmark rate as a monetary policy tool| firsttuesday Journal
In early 2025, low-tier priced housing has the lowest level of inventory available for sale or rent.| firsttuesday Journal
The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) tells us a homebuyer with the same income is able to borrow 1.47% less purchase-assist mortgage money than a year ago.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Brokers who watch the jobs numbers along with the LFP rate will find the trends useful for forecasting their future brokerage conditions| firsttuesday Journal
California's labor force participation rate — which includes both the employed and job-seeking unemployed — is a crucial indicator of overall job levels, providing the fundamental economic basis for all real estate activity.| firsttuesday Journal
The first in the series introducing the benefits available to mortgage-funded buyers when acquiring home ownership using a 20% cash down payment.| firsttuesday Journal
Over the last few decades, savings has followed a path conversely proportionate to consumer confidence.| firsttuesday Journal
Features, Real Estate| journal.firsttuesday.us
Agents and brokers who want to make a decent living in the leaner years ahead will prepare now for the return of real estate owned (REO) properties.| firsttuesday Journal
We answer your questions about MLO licenses.| firsttuesday Journal
The ideal cap rate for 2023 and beyond is higher than you think.| firsttuesday Journal
Learn how to persuade a seller-client to order out third-party reports on a property’s condition to enhance marketability, provide a marketing package to prospective buyers and work up effective marketing plans to sell a property when employed under a seller representation agreement.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Forecasts of economic conditions state-wide, and in California’s largest regions.| journal.firsttuesday.us
A robust jobs market under current conditions is a double-edged sword as the Fed continues to tackle inflation.| firsttuesday Journal
View the housing market's downturn as an opportunity to innovate, learn new skills and grow.| firsttuesday Journal
Access the entire library of over 400 RPI forms for your professional use – FREE. Once you download the form you need, you can fill out, personalize, save, print and email the prepared form. You need to open the forms with Adobe Reader to use all the extended features.| firsttuesday Journal
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.| firsttuesday Journal
Read on for a summary of California property management laws and best practices.| firsttuesday Journal
This form is used by a commercial broker to be employed by entities as their sole agent, to locate and negotiate the terms and conditions to acquire a leasehold or fee interest in a property.| journal.firsttuesday.us
The mean price trendline reveals housing price deviations. Track the trends to reveal the direction of prices in the years ahead.| firsttuesday Journal
Track the single most influential factor on California's real estate market: the number of people employed.| firsttuesday Journal
This form is used by a seller broker when entering into the employment of an owner of a property as their exclusive agent for a fixed period of time, to market the property for sale, locate a buyer and sell the property.| firsttuesday Journal
This form is used by a commercial broker to be employed by individuals as their sole agent, to locate and negotiate the terms and conditions to acquire a leasehold or fee interest in a property.| journal.firsttuesday.us
This form is used by a buyer broker when preparing an offer for their buyer-client to purchase an interest in one-to-four unit residential property....| firsttuesday Journal
Real estate agents: follow these tips to make sure your career survives the next recession.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Is a landlord liable for injuries to a motorist on an adjacent roadway caused by a tenant’s livestock known to the landlord to be fenced in on the property?| firsttuesday Journal
Home prices falter across the metropolitan areas of California at the end of 2024.| journal.firsttuesday.us
Watch the first episode in our new video series depicting the seismic shift in the representation of buyers in 2025, cementing long-standing public policy.| journal.firsttuesday.us
What’s a broker to do until home sales volume takes off?| firsttuesday Journal
Where are mortgage rates now? Check out our weekly interest rate update to track the latest market rates.| firsttuesday Journal