Hotline Attorney Annie Fitzsimmons writes the Legal Hotline Question and Answer of the Week. This is a Washington REALTORS benefit. Please submit questions to [email protected] or call (800) 562-6027. Please have your NRDS number ready when you call or e-mail the Hotline with your question. The Legal Hotline lawyer does not represent Washington Association of REALTORS® members or their clients and customers. Research real estate legal topics at http://www.warealtor.org
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Mean I Actually Have to Read the Title Commitment?
WR Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons returns this week to kick off our new series, “You Mean I Actually Have to Read the Title Commitment?” featuring…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized? Interpreting Contract Language
We’re back with the final episode in this series! Today, Annie discusses why interpreting contact language is beyond the broker’s legal abilities, and why brokers…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized? Real Estate Brokerage Services
Today, Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons explains the limitations of your authority to draft Purchase and Sale Agreements considering brokers can only select forms and…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized? Pre-Printed, Standardized Forms
This week, WR Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons explains the limitations of your authority to draft a purchase and sale agreement based on the fact that you…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized? Simple Transactions
Today, WR Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons discusses the limitations of your authority to draft a Purchase and Sale Agreement, select forms, and draft the language in…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- You Are Practicing Law: Is It Authorized?
This new series explores the 1985 Washington State Supreme Court case, Cultum vs. Heritage House, a cornerstone for understanding the legal boundaries of real…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- Survival Clause: Form 22A
This week, Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons discusses the survival clause in the Form 22A Financing Contingency and how this provision allows…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- Is Form 35R Considered a Notice?
Annie Fitzsimmons, Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline Lawyer, explains the proper use of Form 35R, covering its dual purposes (notices and contract amendments), signature requirements,…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- BBSA Signed, But…. Buyer Wants to Work with Different Broker
This week, Annie Fitzsimmons, Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer, explores common questions about handling Buyer Brokerage Services Agreements when a buyer signs contracts with multiple…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- Buyer Broker Leaves Paragraph 17 Blank
This week, Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons walks you through what brokers should do when Paragraph 17b is left blank by the buyer’s broker.…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- It’s Time for the 2024 Computation of Time Challenge!
It’s Time for the 2024 Computation of Time Challenge!Join Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline Lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons, as she walks you through the fact patterns for this…
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LEGAL HOTLINE VIDEO SERIES- Incorporating Variable Rate Compensation
Incorporating Variable Rate Compensation This week, Annie takes a look at variable offers of buyer broker compensation. Keep your sellers from owing more in buyer…
