All Posts Tagged With: "License"
Real Estate: Why Do We License Brokers & Agents?
Across the country we license many professions, everyone from barbers to lawyers. There are several basic reasons for such licensure: To protect the public against unethical and incompetent practitioners. To assure that practitioners have certain minimum levels of education and experience. To assure that consumers receive certain minimum levels of service. To define what is [...]
31Aug2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
10 Questions To Ask Every Empoyment Agency
What should you expect from an employment agency? It’s not an easy question because employment agencies offer a variety of services to a variety of job seekers and a range of businesses. Some agencies specialize in entry-level positions or in given professions. Others are generalists. Also, of course, there is the question of whether or [...]
2Jan2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Should Real Estate Brokers Be Fingerprinted?
There’s little doubt that in the past few years we have become far more security-conscious as a nation. Hidden and not-so-hidden cameras are everywhere while metal detectors can be found at airports, government agencies and even public schools. Given this trend it’s not surprising that security is a growing issue within real estate. Theft is [...]
14Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Must Brokers Disclose Their Licensure Status?
All states license the practice of real estate brokerage. A common provision of such laws is that real estate licensees must disclose their licensure status when they buy or sell a property for themselves, their company, for a spouse, a partner or for an immediate member of the family such as a parent or child. [...]
30Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Is a timeshare considered a real estate investment?
The purchase of a deeded real estate timeshare is best seen as an alternative to future vacation costs. A timeshare is rarely an investment, and some “timeshare” interests are not even deeded real estate — they are, instead, club memberships, vacation licenses, and vacation leases lasting as long as 40 years. Most timeshares are financed [...]
26Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Toxic Loans: The Coming Storm
(Presented before the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), April 7, 2006, at Jacksonville, FL.) It’s been a very good century for real estate, at least so far. According to the National Association of Realtors, the typical home that sold for $139,000 in 2000 was worth $208,700 in 2005. Not only have home [...]
25Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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