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  Federal do not call list overview by Attorney Steve, the Real Estate Lawyer. I had a California real estate broker ask me several months ago if he was okay just calling expired listings, or if there was a DO NOT CALL list violation for something like that.  Rather than bore you with a big long ...

  Top 5 Intellectual Property & Social Media Tips for the Real Estate Blogger We live in a litigious society, especially in California where I practice business and real estate law.  It seems companies and individuals will get upset about the smallest of things, including you writing a blog post ...

Attorney Steve's top five tips to avoid a real estate audit by the BRE This article is a general legal overview of a few tips I have encountered over the years to help real estate brokers protect themselves and avoid a BRE audit.  Basically, the BRE (Bureau of Real Estate) will respond to compla...

INSURANCE SUBROGATION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE CASES - REAL ESTATE KNOWLEDGE FROM ATTORNEY STEVE. The focus of this blog is insurance subrogation. Many real estate brokers are familiar with the concept that when you have water, fire, or flood damage to residential or commercial property, this can trig...

  Lots of times we are posting on this website talking about new broker laws, real estate litigation and arbitraton, tips to stay out of lawsuits and general real estate coaching.  Today, we are just saying THANKS for supporting Vondran Law and for helping us become a great real estate law firm a...

  How to cancel an exclusive listing contract in California   I recently had a question from a client who asked me "is it legal for me to cancel an exclusive listing contract?  My answer was, of course, yes you can cancel a contract (after all the seller is the boss) but I informed this person th...

Attorney Steve's BRE Compliance Best Practices In law it is always the little things that matter most.  In this case, it is the business cards (and other solicitation materials) and your real estate license number under the microscope. Is your real estate business card compliant with the real es...

An overview of restricted real estate licenses in California. You may have heard of a broker or salesperson who has a "restricted" real estate license.  But just what does that mean? Click on the picture above to go to our Attorney Steve Real Estate TV video on restricted licenses.  Here is anoth...

HATE READING?  JUMP TO ATTORNEY STEVE'S PODCAST FOR TOP TIPS FOR ARIZONA REAL ESTATE STARTUP Ready to launch your Arizona Real Estate business? So you are interested in starting a real estate company in Arizona?  The process can seem easy, but when you drill down to it you may not find it as eas...

  Howdy again everyone.  This blog is for Arizona real estate brokers who are getting ready to lauch their real estate brokerage business, basically, by incorporating and chooising a new business name to submit to the Arizona Deaprtment of Real Estate (AZ DRE). I can save you some time by tellin...