White paper: Chinese drywall

Florida Realtors® has developed a white paper that outlines the issue. It explains what the experts currently understand, what they must find out, and offers a link to additional resources.

• Chinese drywall white paper (PDF)

FAR Field Guide to Short Sales
Tips & tools for successful short sale transactions

• New: Learn more about the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA)
  
• Top 10 Questions Realtors® have about Short Sales (Webinar)
  
• FAQs about short sales and FAR’s Short Sale Addendum (PDF)
  
• Short sales and the "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act"
• Fla. Office of Financial Regulation short sale opinion (PDF)
  
• Read Attorney General Bill McCollum's letter
• Florida issues ruling on doc stamp taxes for short sales
  
• Rescue Sellers with Short Sales
  
• Successful Short Sales Seminars
  
• Florida Realtors® Legal Hotline Q&A
  
• How To Work Short Sales and Foreclosures
  
• Realtor Magazine: Short Sales - 7 Legal Pitfalls
  
• NAR's Field Guide to Short Sales
  
  

Top News Articles

• New reporting requirement for criminal convictions
  
• FREC clarifies broker authority
• What NAR's new Virtual Office website means to you

Document Downloads
IMPORTANT: DBPR updates licensing forms
Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) has made substantial changes to the licensing forms required for real estate brokers and sales associates.

The commonly used 2050 form has been merged into several new forms including the RE 10 and the RE 11. Click here for a  detailed side-by-side comparison of the old and new forms.

Questions? Contact the Legal Hotline at 407-438-1409.

Can-do's for unlicensed assistants
Do you have a personal assistant? FREC has provided these new guidelines for activities an unlicensed assistant may legally undertake.

• Download the guidelines (PDF)