Duties and Responsibilities of an Agent
Normally stated in a written listing agreement to sell property, the agent should only represent the seller. The agent will only be allowed to represent the buyers under a written consent from the seller. In the same manner that an agent representing a buyer is not allowed to represent a seller unless the buyer agrees otherwise. When the transaction starts, the agent is expected to be reasonably careful and diligent to his client as well as to the other people involved in the transaction. He is also responsible to make sure that any deal should always be done in good faith and with all honesty.

Lately, the most common question circulating among people in the real estate industry is “What will happen to real estate market in the next 6 months?” Clients are asking when will the real estate market turn? The answer will be indicated by the number of loans that were funded. The clue is to listen to what the local lenders have to say. When they say that many loans were closed, then it is time to purchase because good deals will be visible. According to Wall Street, the real estate market most probably will not normalize yet until two more years.
Real Estate Finance and Investment II is the second of the two-course sequence. The latest course is focused on advanced topics in their macro level. The topics include decisions to be made when it comes to collections of individual assets in real estate like the portfolio which is actually the decisions in the firm level and the considerations in the investment management. The course offers a few of the key concepts, principles, analytical methods and tools that ca be used when deciding to make a decision in investing and financing commercial real estate assets. Some main public capital market real estate vehicles, REITs and MBS will be introduced and surveyed in this course.

