Transactions and Compliance
Articles covering how to submit offers, required documents, contract guidelines, and compliance requirements to ensure transactions are complete and approved.
Transaction Files and Record Retention
- What is required if I am operating as a transaction broker vs a single agent?
- What do you need for a referral‑only transaction?
- Do buyer and seller transaction files have different requirements?
- What is required vs optional in a transaction file?
- What happens if I miss a required document in my transaction file?
- What documents am I required to upload when I close a transaction?
Agency Disclosure
Home Buying Process
New Construction / Builders
Commissions
- What Does “Commissions Are Negotiable” Mean?
- What Is a Real Estate Commission Split?
- How Does Commission Flow in a Real Estate Transaction?
- Does Florida Law Set Real Estate Commission Rates?
- Do You Have to Lower Your Commission?
- What Happens If You Violate RESPA?
- Can Real Estate Agents Receive Referral Fees?
- What Are Kickbacks in Real Estate?
- What Is RESPA and Why Does It Matter?
- Can an Agent Accept Payment Outside Their Brokerage?
- What Is the Difference Between Single-Check and Split-Check Closings?
- Can a Title Company Pay an Agent Directly?
- Why Real Estate Agents Must Be Paid Through Their Broker?
- Why Must Real Estate Agents Be Paid Through Their Broker?
- Who Can a Real Estate Agent Be Paid By?
- What Is a Commission Disbursement Authorization (CDA)?
- Why Does the Brokerage Earn the Commission?
- What Is Illegal Fee Splitting in Real Estate?
- Who Actually Pays the Real Estate Commission?
- Why Does the Broker Control All Commission?