Posted by PRO
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Florida Realtors® Legal Alert
New FTC rules require short sale disclosures
Be advised that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued new rules that might impact real estate practitioners who represent clients involved in short sale transactions. Depending on certain factors, the so-called MARS rules (Mortgage Assistance Relief Services) could require members to make certain disclosures to consumers if they negotiate a short sale with a lender or advertise their short sales experience.
The MARS rules took effect on Jan. 31, 2011.
Florida Realtors has created a MARS Information Center on floridarealtors.org where you’ll find four disclosure forms. Florida Realtors attorneys advise you to begin using these immediately if you are involved in short sale transactions.
You’ll also find a primer on the new disclosures (document titled Roadmap to the new FTC disclosures for Short Sale transactions), a link to the actual FTC rules and an interpretation of the rules by the National Association of Realtor’s legal team.
Please keep checking the MARS Information Center for updates.
© 2011 Florida Realtors®
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Posted by PRO
Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:19:00 GMT
IMAPP is an industry leader in providing tax roll data, parcel maps, and integrated MLS information. Once you are logged in, you have a host of intuitive tools for searching, displaying, and reporting the public property tax records for every county in Florida.
With the click of the mouse, you can view county tax records, deeds, recently sold properties, aerial photos, building sketches, demographics and foreclosure information. The knowledge you gain from IMAPP will allow you to speak more authoritatively about every property you investigate.
IMAPP is a perfect companion to MLXchange, and you can access IMAPP in three ways from within MLXchange:
- From the information bubble that appears to the left of a search listing-the IMAPP icon looks like a chain link (if you have a pop-up blocker, remember to press "CTRL" as you click to allow the window to open)
- From the listing detail page-the IMAPP link appears in the left column
- Or simply perform a tax search by clicking "tax" from the menu bar (a property doesn’t have to be listed with the MLS for IMAPP to have access)
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Posted by PRO
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:16:00 GMT
These documents were provided by the law office of Drake & Associates. They can be reached at (813)662-1536 or by visiting www.danielgdrake.com
Their Mission:
Drake and Associates focuses its practice on evictions and landlord-tenant matters. We represent over 200 apartment communities, management companies and private landlords in over 20 Florida counties, and we handle issues involving HUD, Section 8, LIHTC,USDA Rural Housing and any other government-related housing program.
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