Just got this from our President, Rick Turley. Thought this was really timely since Michael had mentioned this exact fact to a Home Owner the other day.
From the desk of Rick Turley.
“While a few brokerages offer in-house attorneys, no other real estate brokerage legal team has had the profound influence within the California real estate community than that of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Legal Dream Team. With five in-house, full-time attorneys, the brokerage’s Dream Team is working to better inform principals about the potential pitfalls in real estate transactions and has been influential in shaping a wide array of real estate forms and practices not only here in Northern California but statewide as well.
A Company of Firsts
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Legal Team is known for many industry firsts, including:
• First to recognize and then correct the voids in many disclosure practices by creating forms that were ultimately adopted industry wide.
• First to introduce a Supplement to the Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement and was instrumental in creating Supplemental Seller Questionnaires printed by various local Associations of Realtors; 15 years after Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage first introduced its Supplemental form, the California Association of Realtors created their own Supplemental Seller Disclosure form.
• First to introduce a Market Conditions Advisory which warns buyers and sellers that there are market fluctuations and that regardless of market conditions, buyers should be protecting their interests with inspection and appraisal contingencies in their purchase contracts.
• First real estate brokerage legal team to work towards standardizing disclosures in all areas serviced by our branch offices.
• One of the first to introduce in-house training seminars to ensure ongoing Agent training as it relates to best practices in real estate.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Legal Team is truly one of our brokerage’s best kept secrets and an influential team of legal dynamos that I am very proud to call colleagues. Our Legal Team has influenced the entire real estate industry and they continue to work with local Associations of Realtors to create standardized local disclosures that relate to unique issues within specific cities and counties. The influence that our team has had within the industry is compelling and truly a source of pride for our entire Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage family.
Legal. Marketing. Technology. It’s a triple threat combination of support that Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offers that very few companies can match.”
What most buyers and sellers need to know is that this team trains us and supports us like no other Realtors in the business. So why hire any other Realtor that doesn’t have the benefit of a Dream Team of Legal Experts.