The Voice for Real Estate – Legislative Meetings, HUD-1 and Trolls

In this weeks video from the NAR YouTube channel, NAR’s Director of Broadcasting Stephen Gasque talks bout the upcoming 2015 NAR Legislative Meetings where more than 8,000 REALTORS will travel to Washington to help ensure federal legislation and regulations help rather than hurt real estate. Stephen talks with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and NAR Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello talks about priorities in NAR’s legislative town hall meeting.

We also learn about lawmakers getting tough on patent trolls and NAR Senior Counsel Finley Maxson provides advice on preparing for August 1 changes to closing procedures.

REALTORS Going on Offense Against Patent Trolls

REALTORS® and other professionals are being threatened by patent trolls – entities that acquire obscure patents and use them to demand licensing fees from end users of common technologies. Learn more about this issue and about the need for Congress to take action on patent-reform legislation in this video from the National Association of REALTORS® YouTube channel.

NAR Window to the Law: Real Estate Patent Troll Demand Letters

This latest video from NAR’s legal arm outlines the options available to an entity that receives a demand letter requesting payment of a licensing fee from a non-practicing entity, or “patent troll.”