Bay East Platinum Affiliate members are individuals or firms who provide products and services that members and consumers need or want.
Bay East Platinum Affiliate members are individuals or firms who provide products and services that members and consumers need or want.
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1031 Exchanges
A 1031 exchange allows an investor to sell a property, to reinvest the proceeds in a new property and to defer all capital gain taxes. A 1031 exchange service facilitates the exchange by holding the involved funds until they can be transferred to the seller of the replacement property. The exchange service can have no other formal relationship with the parties exchanging property.
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Accounting Services
An accountant can help REALTORS® understand how earned commission income is taxed, the applicable deductions, and how to properly track those expenses. A CPA can also assist home sellers with potential tax implications when selling and educating home buyers on the applicable deductions related to home ownership.
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Appraisal Services
Appraisals are an important part of the homebuying process. A real estate appraisal establishes a property’s market value. Appraisals are required as part of the loan process to ensure a home’s value matches the amount of the loan.
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Attorneys
Real estate attorneys help resolve contract issues. These include challenging, enforcing or dissolving contracts when things turn out differently than expected. Real estate attorneys assist with loan problems, leases, evictions, jointly owned properties, judgment liens, easements, construction defects, mechanics liens and clouds on title. They also help with sales of properties.
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Business Services
Specialized support services available to assist REALTORS® with their business needs as well as various aspects of real estate transactions.
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Coaching
Real estate coaches provide structure, support and accountability to help agents reach their goals by becoming more effective and productive. They help with goal setting, writing a business plan, brainstorming, problem solving and learning to schedule a week at a time. Coaches also help agents focus on the 20% of actions that will produce 80% of the results.
Assists with brainstorming and problem solving.
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Education Services
An Education service provider offers instruction in training and licensing education. The provider can be a real estate or mortgage pre-licensing and continuing education company or a company that offers the basics of industry knowledge and application. An education service provider in real estate and mortgage is licensed by the regulating authority in their field to provide accredited and approved education to students.
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Financial Services and Credit Score Counseling
Financial services providers can help buyers and sellers make better financial decisions including tax consequence of this sale or purchase, financial plans and goals, what do with the proceeds, the best way to title property for estate and financial planning.
Credit Score Counseling is an opportunity to determine the implications of a client’s current financial situation and what resources and options are available.
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Government Services
Government Agency and/or service provider.
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Home Improvement Services and Contractors (Services)
Contractors provide home repair and remodeling projects for home buyers and sellers. There are general contractors who are responsible for providing all of the material, labor, equipment and services necessary for the construction of the entire project.
There are also specialized contractors for specific projects. Specialized: – Appliances – Electrical – Flooring – Landscaping – Painting – Plumbing – Roofing – Window Coverings
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Home Organization Services
Home organization companies are facilitators who help families with every transition from A-Z. They assist with organization, downsizing, packing/ moving/unpacking, dumping, donating and estate sales. These companies help clients declutter homes and offices and put systems in place to create a sense of peace in the space.
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Home Staging and Interior Design
Home staging is the act of preparing a home for sale using art, accessories, greenery, furniture and more. The goal of staging is to make a home appeal to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly and for more money.
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Home Warranty and Disclosures
A home warranty is a renewable service contract offering protection for a home’s major systems and appliances. Home warranties are available for home buyers, sellers, and current homeowners. A home warranty can protect home sellers from costs and delays during the listing period as well as protect home buyers from costly breakdowns after closing.
“Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement” (“NHDS”) help sellers provide state mandated disclosure of natural hazard zones delineated on regulatory government maps that cover six hazard categories. The minimum standard to meet California disclosure requirements includes the natural hazards and property tax liability disclosures. One additional option is the environmental report that provides the results of a search of government records for sites of known environmental contamination on and near the subject property, such as leaking underground fuel tanks and contaminated landfills and industrial sites.
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Inspections – Pest
A pest inspection is used to identify wood- destroying insects, wood rot, and conditions that could lead to insect infestation or wood rot. Pest reports include costs to treat termite activity and fix any damage.
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Inspections – Property
A general house inspection is a visual inspection of the major structural and mechanical components of a house, the property site and the surface water drainage around the house. Inspections usually include the structural framing, roof, plumbing, electrical, mechanical systems (heating and ventilation), attic and foundation. In addition, the inspection also addresses items reflecting health and safety concerns as well as deferred homeowner maintenance.
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Inspections – Roof
A roof inspection, typically rounds out the trio for inspections and provides a detailed inspection of the current condition of a roof. Like a pest inspection, it includes pricing for any recommended work to be completed.
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Inspections – Other
While a property, pest, and roof inspection tend to be the most common, there are many other specialized inspections available including: chimney, foundation, pool, sewer, and more.
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Insurance Services
Insurance providers offer insurance policies and professional consultation services from personal (home, earthquake, flood, auto, disability, life) to business risks (general liability, E&O, HOA, and loss of income).
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Marketing Services
Marketing companies do your marketing for you. From digital marketing to sending flyers and postcards, marketing services can complete these tasks allowing you to take care of current clients and focus on revenue-generating activities.
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Media
A publication or broadcast company that provides news and feature stories to the public through various distribution channels including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. Media outlets may also provide members with advertising opportunities.
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Mortgage Providers – Bankers and Brokers
Mortgage Providers – Bankers and Brokers A mortgage banker is a company that originates mortgages from application to close. Mortgage bankers use their own fund to fund mortgages. They may retain the mortgage in portfolio or sell it to an investor. The mortgage banker may service the mortgage or transfer servicing rights to another financial institution.
A mortgage broker is also known as third party originator. A mortgage broker works with a Realtor or a borrower to determine needs of the buyer and then shops among various lending institutions for the loan package that best fits the situation and borrower. A broker has no direct ties to any one institution and is free to work with any lender. A broker can compare loans from a bank, banker and a credit union, for instance.
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Moving and Storage
Moving and storage companies provide packing, shipping and/or storage of home buyer’s and seller’s household items. An option to traditional moving and storage services are portable storage containers. Clients load their belongings into a portable storage container on their driveways. Then, the container can be moved directly to the new home for easy driveway unloading or stored in inside a secure facility until needed.
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Photography
Professional photographers help real estate agents look more professional by showcasing the home with photos that are clear, straight and focused properly to help make the best first- impression to potential buyers. Professional photographers may also offer services such as aerial drone photography, video and 3D tours. Some will even offer professional floor plans and other services to help you be successful.
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Property Management
Property managers take the daily headache of dealing with tenants by collecting rent, coordinating repairs, screening applicants, inspecting properties, wire transferring monthly rent payments, and abiding with ever changing local rental restrictions.
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Title and Escrow
Title companies provide services to buyers, sellers, real estate developers, builders, mortgage lenders and others who have an interest in the real estate transaction. Title companies provide assurances that the transfer of title takes place efficiently and that your interests as an insured are protected under the terms and conditions of the policy.
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Transaction Coordination
In a real estate transaction, there are many statutorily required forms and often even more required by the real estate broker. A Transaction Coordinator (often referred to as a TC) helps manage the paperwork in a transaction and ensures that each form is completed entirely and properly while ensuring that the transaction timeline stays on track and that all necessary forms are uploaded to the broker for review. Transaction Coordinators can either be in-house (in a brokerage) or independent.
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Virtual Tours and Virtual Staging
Virtual tours are one way to showcase a property online to help buyers visualize the property and refine the search for a new home. A virtual tour can consist of still images, 360-degree panorama images and video clips. It may include sound effects, music, narration, and text.
Virtual staging is digital staging of a photograph to show the “before” and “after” of what a room “could” look like. It can look very realistic and should always be accompanied by a disclaimer stating the photo(s) have been virtually staged.
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Web Design and Computer Services
Web design companies create a real estate website that meets your needs and usually includes an integrated IDX search. Computer services companies offer computer repairs, data recovery, virus removal and IT support.