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Client Advisory, Coronavirus

Letter from the Rand Family to all our Clients — UPDATED 3.20.20

UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings. Our offices are totally closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business” until we get further guidance fromhttp://josephrand.randrealty.com/wp-admin/edit.php the state. Note: […]
Client Advisory, Coronavirus

Rand Realty Advisory for Buyers: Hygienic Showing Protocols

UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020. As of this writing, we have been advised that showings pose […]
Client Advisory, Coronavirus

Rand Realty Advisory: Showing Instructions for Sellers Showing their Home

UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020. As of this writing, we have been advised that showings pose […]
Client Advisory, Coronavirus

Rand Realty Client Advisory: Taking Special Precautions During the Coronavirus Epidemic

UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, our offices are closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020 A message to our clients: We understand if you […]

Client Advisory Letter from the Rand Family to all our Clients — UPDATED 3.20.20 UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings. Our offices are totally closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business” until we get further guidance fromhttp://josephrand.randrealty.com/wp-admin/edit.php the state. Note: […]

Client Advisory Rand Realty Advisory for Buyers: Hygienic Showing Protocols UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020. As of this writing, we have been advised that showings pose […]

Client Advisory Rand Realty Advisory: Showing Instructions for Sellers Showing their Home UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020. As of this writing, we have been advised that showings pose […]

Client Advisory Rand Realty Client Advisory: Taking Special Precautions During the Coronavirus Epidemic UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, our offices are closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” UPDATE: 3.17.2020 A message to our clients: We understand if you […]

Coronavirus Agent Advisory: Seven Tips for Real Estate Agents About Taking Care of Themselves and Their Clients During the Coronavirus Epidemic UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, our offices are closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” Can you continue to work through the coronavirus epidemic? Yes, but […]

Agent Advisory Rand Realty’s Advisory: What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself from the Coronavirus UPDATE 3.21.2020. As per the new New York and New Jersey “stay-at-home” restrictions, we are now instructing our agents to no longer provide showings of listings, our offices are closed, and we encourage everyone to stay at home at all times unless you have “essential business.” Published March 11, 2020 UPDATE March 17, 2020 We wanted to […]

Landlord-Tenant Law An Informal Legal Opinion: Why I think that DOS Might be Wrong About the New “Broker Fee” Rule Barring Tenants from Paying Landlord Agents The entire New York real estate industry got thrown a curveball this week when the Department of State released on Wednesday an advisory providing guidance about the Statewide Housing Security & Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and the Housing Stability & Tenant Protection Act of 2019, legislation signed last summer dramatically revised landlord-tenant law. […]

Client Advisory Client Advisory: Tenants Can No Longer Be Required to Pay a Landlord’s Brokerage Fee Dear Clients, Please be advised that on February 5, 2020, the Department of State announced that landlords can no longer require tenants to pay brokerage fees to a broker/agent representing the landlord. You can find the Department’s statement here. Please note that this only applies to a broker/agent representing the landlord. If the broker/agent represents […]

Agent Advisory Agent Advisory: Understanding the New Guidance from the Department of State about Agent Obligations Under the New Landlord-Tenant Laws On February 5th, the Department of State put out an advisory providing guidance on agent responsibilities under the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. That legislation was a far-reaching and progressive set of changes to the landlord-tenant relationship, providing significant new protections to tenants, including the following: Landlords cannot refuse to rent to […]