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Privy: Launching Aug. 2

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Privy is a powerful real estate investing software platform that is powered by real time MLS data. 

Privy was built by a group of investor focused real estate agents to scale their own business. Instead of being able to work with a handful of investors effectively they used data, software and automation to work with dozens of clients.

Privy automates many the tedious tasks that’s needed to to find, track and analyze deals.

Here’s some of the things Privy can help agents do.

  1. Help you identify the hottest areas to invest in best off data
  2. Show you the hundreds of deals that other investors are doing in your market, with before and after data
  3. Find deals that you can write offers on matching your exact deal criteria using automation.
  4. Comp properties out in seconds
Using Privy’s automation you can set your search criteria in the exact areas that your clients are looking for opportunities and have CMA reports emailed to you as soon as a deal is found. The Privy system automatically generates a Live Comparative Market Analysis for each deal with all the MLS comps and investors activity that you can save and share with your clients.
 
Using Privy’s data powered platform you can provide your current clients with better advice and win new clients who are looking for an agent to be their trusted adviser.

Watch this short video for more information about Privy and how it can help you earn more business: https://intel.getprivynow.com/agent-intro
 
CCAR Members enjoy a 30% discount!
https://dashboard.privy.com/users/sign_in

Pool Features – Requirement Update

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Stop wasting time and start saving money anytime you work with a rental. We are proud to bring you a tool that automates your rental transactions, all at NO COST to you! 

Start Screening Now!

You can access RentSpree from your MLS home page or the Paragon Resources menu.

RentSpree collects a completed application package from every tenant. 
This includes:
1) completed rental application,
2) credit report,
3) background check, 
4) eviction report.

Applicants pay only $38 to apply and results are returned to you in seconds. Screening your first applicant on RentSpree takes less than 2 minutes.

You will be able to conveniently access RentSpree from your MLS home page or the Paragon Resources menu.

Newly Revised Forms for Open Houses Now Available in zipForm

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In-person property showings/open houses are now permitted by the California Department of Public Health under Covid-19, but indoor gathering capacity limitations are still in place based on the current colored tier of each county; Orange-Tier rules in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties limit indoor capacity to 25% or 25 people, whichever is fewer.

Click here for a Quick Guide of Industry Guidelines for Open Houses and Showing Rules.

  • Open Houses: Advertising open houses, without qualifiers, is allowed and appointments for open houses are no longer required.
  • Social Distancing: Showings, including open houses, are somewhat relaxed under the new social gatherings guidelines but still include social distancing between members of different households while attending an open house, and are subject to capacity issues depending on the tier of the county where the house is located. Please refer to local guidelines for this information.
  • Signing In: There will still be a sign-in requirement on site. The new Property Sign-In (PSI) form can be used for this purpose. However, you can still use a PEAD instead of the on-site sign-in if you prefer. See the new Quick Guide for more details.
  • Forms: C.A.R. has simplified and shortened the Rules of Entry (PRE), Prevention Plan (BPPP), and the Property Sign-in (PSI) form as an alternative to PEADS. There also is an addendum to the listing agreement LOHA reflecting the changed protocols. This form is necessary if the parties had previously signed the RLA-CAA, which did not allow for open houses. New listings should also include this addendum if the listing broker wants to hold open houses.
  • PEADS: The PEADS have been combined and simplified into one shorter PEAD-ALL form that is available if members prefer to use it instead of on-site sign-in protocols.

The newly revised forms PRE, BPPP, PEAD, as well as the new Property Sign-in PSI form and new Listing Addendum LOHA form are now available on zipForm.

    C.A.R. Quick Guide of Industry Guidelines for Open Houses and Showing Rules >

New Form for Tenants’ Rights Notification

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C.A.R. has created a new form to assist property managers in complying with a new federal rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Effective May 3, 2021, the CFPB rule requires attorneys and agents of landlords or owners of residential property (“debt collectors”) to provide written notice to tenants of their rights under the federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) eviction moratorium.

Previously, no notice of the CDC eviction moratorium was required to be given to a tenant. Now, in certain circumstances, it is.

The name of the new form is “CFPB Disclosure of Potential Eviction Protections” (Form CFPB) and is bundled with the following C.A.R. forms:

PRQ-CPP-2
PRQ-TP-2
PMC-CPP-2
PMC-TP-2
NTT-CTRA

Anytime any of these forms are used, the new CFPB form will automatically be included.

Under the CFPB rule, attorneys and agents, seeking to evict tenants for non-payment of rent, must provide tenants who may have rights under the CDC order with clear and conspicuous written notice of those rights. The notice must be provided on the same date as the termination notice, for example, the notice must be provided at the time a notice to pay rent or quit is given.

A federal judge vacates the national CDC eviction moratorium

A federal judge this week struck down the CDC moratorium on evictions enacted by Congress last spring and extended by President Biden until June 30. Regardless of the enforceability of the federal CDC order, California’s own rent moratorium laws will protect most tenants from eviction based upon non-payment of rent. California state courts have discretion to follow this ruling and may choose to  disregard the CDC eviction moratorium. See the NY Times article: “Judge Vacates National Eviction Freeze.”

Given this new decision, why then is the new CFPB form necessary? The reason is that a federal district court decision, even one as far-reaching as this most recent one, is not binding authority on a California state court. It is merely influential authority which may be considered but need not be followed. In any event, the ruling is technically stayed at this moment. Finally, the ruling  is already being appealed, and the outcome of that appeal is of course unknown. So conservative risk management dictates that the new notice to tenants of their rights under the CDC Order be provided.

Keep in mind, even without the CDC eviction moratorium, California tenants are protected from most evictions for non-payment of rent or other monetary obligations based upon California’s own strongly protective rent moratorium laws. Other local eviction moratoriums may also apply to protect tenants from eviction.

  | Read on car.org >
  | See C.A.R.’s Q&A “Eviction Moratorium Extension and State Rental Assistance Program — SB 91” >
  | See the CFPB’s news release clarifying tenants can hold debt collectors accountable for illegal evictions >

NAR Needs Like-Kind Exchange Stories

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Recent proposals to repeal or limit the 1031 like-kind exchange could devastate the commercial real estate sector and investment in communities across the United States. 

From affordable housing providers, to small businesses, to farmers, 1031 has been used by a range of Americans since its creation 100 years ago.

C.A.R. needs your help to educate lawmakers and their staff about 1031s. It is not a tax loophole for the wealthy; it is a tax tool that has brought immeasurable revenue, jobs, investment, and economic benefit to the U.S.

Complete C.A.R.’s form to tell NAR about how you used 1031 to bring development and economic benefit to your community. Your stories will help put a human face on a critical issue for commercial real estate.

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