There has been discussion about a national driver’s license, a national license to practice law, a national database for IRS liens, a national database for all real property liens, and a national registry for all real property records. The Federal Reserve, in its proposal for a national lien registry, says its idea would make locally recorded information [...]
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As real estate professionals, opinions coming out of our mouths may be heard as facts going into our customers’ ears. When people lose money or their expectations are not met, they may blame the people who “told” them they would succeed. There is a great recent case that demonstrates this issue (okay, [...] I’m sure most of you know about the changes to Florida’s power of attorney laws that went into effect on October 1, 2011. Please read CS/SB 670 for all of the changes and exceptions (e.g. powers granted by corporations). While you are reading that bill, I want to point out a few changes [...] ATTENTION! ATTENTION! There is a proposed New(er) HUD-1! Actually, there are two proposed HUD-1s and YOU get to choose! Or at least you get to vote on which version you like and why. You may have heard that federal agencies were working to combine the Truth In Lending and Good Faith [...] Once a year I try to review new state laws that may impact real estate transactions. Before I could get to this task, the Florida Land Title Association sent out several bulletins describing important law changes, doing my job for me! I will summarize a few of these laws, here, but you really need to see [...] |
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