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I have been doing real estate closings for 26 years. Criminals have always seen the real estate transaction as a area ripe for fraud and other shenanigans. In this episode I give you the Top Six real estate scams for 2021 that are not wire fraud. Of course, wire fraud continues to be the top dog in real estate fraud, but everyone should know that by now. These six scams and one honorable mention are the other lesser known scams that you and your client need to be protected against.

Also this week I have not one but two versions of As Gary See's It. The first one is on the Eviction Moratorium and the second one is on the lawsuit against Nirvana by the famous album cover baby model. And of course another version of Gary's Good News Only.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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Want to protect those leads that you either worked hard to get or spent your hard earn commission to purchase?  Well, you can.  Most agents work a lead two or three times and then give up. 

Nate Joens of Structurely returns this week to continue our discussion on leads and how to insure or protect them. He also provides stats on when most leads are initiated as well as conversion rates.  You don't want to miss this wrap up on a topic that makes you money.

Also,  As Gary Sees It and Gary's Good News Only!

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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Whether you get your leads organically or pay per click, real estate agents are often too busy and shorthanded to properly work the leads completely. Two or three tries and the lead is all but forgotten.  All of those leads are lost  . . . to another agent. 

This week Inman Connect Contributor and  Co-founder/Head of Innovation of Structurely a conversational artificial intelligence that responds to, qualifies, and nurtures your online leads joins me to discuss how not to lose those leads to another agent. Using his proprietary conversational AI application that 99.9% of consumers believed were human you can continue to work the lead with minimal time commitment from receipt to appointment. Structurely is a Housing Wire Real Estate Tech Top 100 company. 

Also in this episode As Gary Sees It on the Eviction Moratorium and Gary's Good News Only!

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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The Multiple Listing Service is the lifeblood of the real estate agent.  But the processes and rules aren't always clear cut and easy to ascertain. For years agents have asked me why and how the MLS does certain things. This week I sat down with former Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS President and MLS Committee Chair, Matthew Thrift, to discuss important MLS issues that affect the real estate agent. We discussed pocket listings, "coming soon", wholesaling, agent credit for closings, Zillow and an array of other issues.  

I also included a short Gary's Good News Only. 

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Gary

* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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Real estate paralegals/closers are some of the most talented people in the real estate transaction.  Many work hundreds if not thousands of closings a year. They have tremendous incite as to what is required for a smooth closing.  Today I give you their incite and knowledge. I will count down the 10 things that closers/paralegals wished every real estate agent knew so that the closing would be smoother. 

As Gary Sees It is definitively real estate related this week and of course I end with another Gary's Good News Only.

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Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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We continue to see a red hot market with little inventory and plenty of competition.  This means that buyers are still making above asking price offers.  It also means that you have to figure out how to bridge the appraisal gap.  This podcast examines the market stats that create this market. I also discuss the difference in appraisal contingencies and appraisal gap clauses.  Lastly, I discuss issues that could kill your deal as well as how to draft language to covers all aspects of the appraisal gap transaction. 

Also, another episode of Gary's Good News Only! 

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Gary


Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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If you are not doing some form of marketing campaign you are missing a lot of opportunities in today's sizzling hot real estate market. A good marketing campaign should include ad purchases on Google. But Google is scary and trying to figure out if I should spend money on a Google Ad campaign is nerve-wracking.  National speaker, Jarod Spiewak of Comet Fuel formerly Blue Dog Media, joins Dishin' Dirt today to teach you when and if you should be doing Google Ads as well as  how to determine the amount of money you need to spend. Most importantly, he will teach you how to know if the ad campaign is paying off. You don't want to miss this great Podcast on growing your business the right way.

Also, I examine what is going on with CloudStar software attack and of course, Gary's Good News Only!

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Gary


Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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Under SC Code 40-57-370 a real estate agent is required to provide a meaningful explanation of agency at the first practical opportunity when the conversation turns substantive. 

The substantive contact factor is the final link to correctly delivering a meaningful explanation of agency. So when does the conversation turn substantive?  What does the statute say? And, how does this play into your explanation of agency?

In this episode we continue our review of the statute and learn how and when you must deliver your meaningful explanation of agency.  You will learn how to do this the correct way which should help you convince more consumers to enter into agency with you.

Also, in my Quick Take I discuss what the the release of Bill Cosby  and why it happened, Gary's Good News Only!

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Gary


Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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Under SC Code 40-57-370 a real estate agent is required to provide a meaningful explanation of agency at the first practical opportunity.  But what does that mean? How do you determine what is the first practical opportunity? Is there a triggering event? Are you doing this correctly? Maybe not.

It seems that a lot of real estate agents wait too long to provide the meaningful explanation of agency. So in this episode we continue our review of the statute and learn how and when you must deliver your meaningful explanation of agency.  You will learn how to do this the correct way which should help you convince more consumers to enter into agency with you.

Also, in my Quick Take I discuss what the the NCAA v. Alston case means to South Carolina and Clemson sports and of course, Gary's Good News Only!

Enjoy and PLEASE TELL OTHER REAL ESTATE AGENTS ABOUT THIS PODCAST!!!!

Gary


Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.    

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State law requires real estate agents to give the consumer a meaningful explanation of agency when the conversation turns substantive.  But what is a "meaningful explanation"? Is your agency explanation something that is understandable and does it rise to the standard of being meaningful? If it does not contain these 7 key words then chances are it probably does not. In this podcast learn what you need to include in your explanation of agency for it to be meaningful and legal.

Also in the episode I will give you a Cliff Notes version of what is going on with the #FreeBritney movement and another episode of Gary's Good News Only!

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Gary


Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission.  This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your jurisdiction for applicable legal advice germane to your issue.

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Gary

* Gary serves on the South Carolina Real Estate Commission as a Commissioner. The opinions expressed herein are his opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the SC Real Estate Commission. This podcast is not to be considered legal advice. Please consult an attorney in your area.