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  DATE PARTIAL CONTENTS...  
  02/08/10 lead removal, home construction and tax credits, withdraw "Notice of Defects"  
  02/01/10 fuel oil tank, broker as LLC, church newsletter ads  
       
  01/25/10 homebuyer credit rules, FHA changes, eviction, counting days  
  01/19/10 HUD mtge. insurance, tax credits, Megan's law, R.E. transfer fees  
  01/11/10 HUD, building w/o permit, asbestos removal, licensed purchasers  
  01/04/10 agent E&O insurance, signing for someone else  
       
  12/28/09 federal short sale standards, reducing real estate taxes, storage tank removal  
  12/21/09 listing protection, multiple representation, foreclosure, bump notice  
  12/14/09 new offer form - financing contingency, inspection contingency  
  12/07/09 homebuyer credit update, buyer/seller incentives, occupancy before closing  
  12/01/09 buyer incentives, licensee as buyer, agent leaving broker  
       
  11/23/09 completing sale forms for a friend, procuring cause v. foreclosure  
  11/16/09 FNMA "Deed for Lease", tax credit v. leasing, inspection  
  11/09/09 tax credit, testing v. inspection, financing, earnest money  
  11/02/09 children & renovation, adverse facts, listing termination  
       
  10/26/09 stigmatized property, email negotiations between buyer and seller  
  10/19/09 conflict between two writings, condo docs change after offer accepted  
  10/12/09 finance contingency-appraisal, service animals-fair housing  
  10/05/09 "Red Flag" rule, condo liens v. sheriff's sale, duplexes - tax credit?  
       
  09/28/09 radon, pre-closing occupancy+repairs, listing v. bankruptcy  
  09/21/09 pepper spray, sold signs, closing date modification, lead-based paint  
  09/14/09 co-op housing, licensed purchasers, binding acceptance, security deposits  
  09/08/09 disclosing other offers, buyer exceptions, vacant land condition report  
       
  08/31/09 signatures-divorcing sellers, counter offers, earnest money-interpleader action  
  08/24/09 signing for another, sold signs, closing costs, tax proration  
  08/17/09 EPA lead rules, title issues, POWTS contingency, license req'mt of prop.sales  
  08/10/09 FTC "red falgs", agent changing office, commercial RECR, forclosure  
  08/03/09 Truth-In-Lending revisions, FHA update, adverse facts  
       
  07/27/09 new TIL lending disclosures, FHFA on home valuations, Offer issues  
  07/20/09 Craigslist, offers, WI Neighborhood Advantage Program  
  07/13/09 new lender disclosure rules, court cases  
       
  06/29/09 measuring date deadlines, title issues v. closing, two brokers with listing  
  06/22/09 short sales FNMA, difficult mtge. servicers, returning earnest money  
  06/15/09 vermiculite/asbestos, tank removal, abandoned well, auctions  
  06/08/09 financing contingency, option to purchase, agent representing both parties  
  06/01/09 tax credit - FHA, finance contingency - FHA, blind buyer- Braille contract or ?  
       
  05/26/09 tax credit loans, changing contract dates, inspections, foreclosure/short sale  
  05/18/09 tax credit as down payment, material adverse fact, earnest money  
  05/11/09 home insp. error, REO-inspect before offer, condo prohibiting children  
  05/04/09 pre-qual., 1st time HB credit, listing expiration, inspect w/o contingency  
       
  04/27/09 incentives, short sales, condition report, fee discount  
  04/20/09 First Time Home Buyer credit, offer acceptance, withdrawal  
  04/13/09 Home Buyer Protection Bill, resources for those facing foreclosure  
  04/06/09 disclosing offer terms to appraisers, buyer agency transfers, adverse facts  
       
  03/30/09 contractor registration, fair housing, renting during foreclosure  
  03/23/09 HUD loan mod program, inspections, advertising, home buyer credit  
  03/16/09 Foreclosure, land condition report, financing, title issues  
  03/09/09 Home Valuation Code of Conduct, Craigslist scam, foreclosure  
  03/02/09 First-time home buyer credit, FHA limits, offer acceptance, comfidentiality  
       
  02/23/09 stimulus plan housing credit. short sale, resale before closing, fee splitting  
  02/16/09 conservation reserve, short sale commision, offer withdrawn  
  02/09/09 hold harmless provision, offer acceptance, listing protections  
  02/02/09 buyer agency, earnest money, advertising, agency, leases  
       
  01/26/09 securities law & R.E. agents, secondary offers, buyer agency, earnest money  
  01/19/09 frozen pipes, commissions, lead-based paint, contract termination  
  01/12/09 HUD/RESPA changes, radon mitigation, lease termination, HUD HOPE program  
  01/05/09 inspection & finance contingency, practice outside WI, procuring cause  
       
  12/29/08 doomage assessment, file retention, "yes" answers on RE condition report  
  12/22/08 more RESPA, mortgage banking, advertising  
  12/15/08 HUD/RESPA, disclose adverse fact, earnest money  
  12/08/08 Treasury fraud scheme, "As Is", Finance contingency, Fair Housing  
  12/01/08 FNMA short sales, foreclosure, email delivery, mold  
       
  11/24/08 I.D. theft "red flags", foreclosure  
  11/17/08 foreclosure, termination of listing, new RECR usage  
  11/10/08 RECR, foreclosure, personal property  
  11/03/08 RECR, sealed bids, establishing agency, above-ground fuel storage tanks  
       
  10/27/08 commissions, advertising, condo issues, RE condition report  
  10/20/08 commission, Meagan's law, procuring cause, fences  
  10/13/08 commissions, foreclosure, inspection  
  10/06/08 prerecorded sales calls, foreclosure, trust accounts, personal property  
       
  09/29/08 safety, offer disclosure, advertising  
  09/22/08 pattern of sales, listing protection, commission incentive, disclose broker name  
  09/15/08 discipline cases, tax proration, condo: disability-related modifications  
  09/08/08 carbon monoxide alarms, DRL discipline, Email flyers, LBP disclosure  
  09/02/08 inspections, tenant cleaning fees, lease-purchase  
       
  08/25/08 loan servicers, landlord/tenant, DNR regs. for docks/piers  
  08/18/08 door prizes, procuring cause, foreclosure  
  08/11/08 Fee splitting, commissions, Offer to Purchase issues  
  08/04/08 listing contract termination, foreclosure, first-time homebuyer tax credit  
       
  07/28/08 amendments, financing, personal property  
  07/14/08 document delivery, disclose material adverse fact  
  07/07/08 property condition misrepresentation case  
       
  06/30/08 riparian rights, contract termination / short sale  
  06/24/08 material adverse fact, offer delivery, pre-closing repairs  
  06/16/08 mutual mistake of fact, document delivery, lead-based paint, advertising  
  06/09/08 inspections, contingencies, commission incentives  
  06/02/08 U.S. Dept. of Justice v. National Association of Realtors® case  
       
  05/27/08 inspections, leases, financing contingency, secondary offers  
  05/19/08 commission, showing rental property, agency, advertising  
  05/12/08 multiple representation, referral fees, mortgage fraud, tax proration  
  05/05/08 forms, commissions, referral fees, ADA, condos  
       
  04/28/08 forms issues, Condition Report, Megan's Law, no call list  
  04/21/08 no call list, rental weatherization, misc. agency  
  04/14/08 forms issues, "As Is", bonuses, safety  
  04/07/08 sales concessions, secondary offers, showing rental properties, fair housing  
       
  03/31/08 RESPA, home warranty fees  
  03/24/08 trust accounts, procuring cause, offer confidentiality, dates & deadlines  
  03/17/08 other offers, listing extension, agency disclosure, trust accounts  
       
  02/18/08 agency disclosure, foreclosure, trust accounts, condo occupancy, forms  
  02/11/08 listing contract, commission incentives, referral fees, new WB-1  
  02/04/08 listing price, offer "subject to", offer presentation, environment/health (RECR)  
       
  01/21/08 new forms, listing protection, offer addendum, multiple representation  
  01/07/08 agency, foreclosure, listing termination, advertising  
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