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The entire Office Policies & Producers for Century 21 Sylvia Geist Agency
is available thru the office manger. Selected parts of the policy
is available on this site.
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 | Board of Realtor (MCAR) Dues $280/yr.
This is mandatory. All licensees must join.
This is due by the 1st of every year & is late after the Jan. 15th.
Late fee will be added if paid after the 15th. The payment is made
to MCAR, not to the office. You should get this bill in the mail.
If you don't pay the bill the MCAR continues to contact the office
reminding us if you do not pay the bill on time & we bug you to make the
payment. If you don't pay by the deadline we have to terminate you
license or the entire office is put on suspension. |
| Monmouth County MLS. This is mandatory. All licensees must
join. Calendar year starts 1/1. Current dues is
$80 Bi-annually (160/yr.) There is an additional fee to
activate your lockbox to work in Monmouth County but the is optional
($135/yr). |
| Middlesex MLS. This is optional, you are not required
to join. The dues are $168/yr. plus
key box fees. The year begins April 1st of each year. |
| Your real estate license is $100 for 2
years next renewal is for the license year starting 7/1/2007. |
| Adminsitrative fee. Agent's that no not close a transaction
with a Gross Office Commission of at least $3,000 during the calendar
year will be charged an administrative fee of $400
due by Feb. 1st of the following year. |
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6/1/2007 Use of Our Do Not Call
List.
How we Comply, Our Plan
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Before making any sales calls our agent are required to access the Do
Not Call Registry. If the number is listed in the registry the
call can not be made without the consumer’s express written invitation
or permission, or if our employee has a personal relationship with the
consumer or if the company has an “established business relationship”
with the consumer.
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The company employees will have access to the Do
not Call registry thru the web site
www.21online.com. , Do Not Call Sentry. Agents must log and access
the downloaded registry before making a sales call to the consumer.
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Consumers that request to be put on the companies
do not call list should be referred to an office administrator or staff
member
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The registry will be updated as required by law
automatically by the “Do Not Call Sentry” website.
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Sales calls should be made between the hour of 9
am & 8 pm Monday thru Friday & between 10 am to 5 pm on weekends.
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When making a sales calls the employee must give
their name and the company name first and have their contact information
available. Proper conduct should always be used by the employee. Polite
and courteous. Nothing to upset the consumer.
All
employees are given a copy of this policy and are further trained on this
policy when accessing the “Do Not Call Sentry” website. Employees are
require to acknowledge that they took the Do Not Call Sentry Training
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Window Guards On Rental Units
WHO IS COVERED
1. Multiple dwellings - three or
more units.
2. Common interest communities
such as Condominium Association or Cooperatives.
WHAT IS COVERED
1. Any window in a room or hallway
on the first floor if the sill of the window is more than six (6) feet
above grade.
2. Any hazardous condition at
the location of the window regardless of height.
About the Law
1. In all new Leases, Appendix
27A which is the model form in the Administrative Code must be included
either in the Lease or as an Addendum to the Lease to give any perspective
Tenant notice of the Tenant's rights to request the installation of window
guards. This includes a Lease by a condominium owner to a Tenant for an
individual condominium unit.
2. Verbal notification to the new
Tenant is also required; this may be in a written document separate from
the Lease, and the owner must keep a record of this notification.
3. Twice each year, the owner
must deliver to each Tenant, a clear and legible notice either by hand
delivery or certified mail. One notice is required only in the year that
the Lease was signed. The owner must maintain a record of compliance.
4. Post Notice - This must be
posted in the common area; the notice would be recommended to be in the
form of Appendix 27A. The notice must include the obligation of the
owner to install window guards at the request of the Tenant and the
obligation of the Tenant to check the window guards.
5. A three story building or
higher - in January or February of each year, an orientation program must
be conducted; a brochure in the form of Appendix 27B of the Code should be
distributed; the Landlord must record attendance and post the notice of
the meeting two weeks ahead of time. This meeting is also required where
public funds or public assistance is given for either construction of the
building or assistance in the payment of Tenant's rents.
TENANT
1. Any Tenant having a child of
the age of 10 or under, may request installation.
2. The Tenant may be required to
pay up to $20.00 per window for installation.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. The Code provides for
specifications for approved window guards.
2. Window stops do not fill the
requirement under the Code.
3. The Tenant can request owner to
repair; if the owner does not repair, the Tenant may contact the Bureau of
Housing Inspection at 609-633-6210.
4. Tenant may request removal. I
recommend same be in writing.
5. Condominium installation - who
installs?
(a) Inside the condominium unit -
the owner of the unit installs.
(b) Hallways - the Community
Association installs
(c) The Tenant must make a
separate request to both the owner and the Association if they want window
guards installed in both areas.
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1/1/2007
CIS - The Consumer Information Statement.
For buyers and seller/Landlords and Tenants of one to four
family residential properties or vacant one-family lots.
The form is required to be delivered & explained to all
customer at or prior to the first business meeting and prior to any
material discussion of their desire to buy or sell. That means that
before you discuss and details about their situation or what they want and
certainly before the first showing of a house.
You must
| Inform buyer/seller – lessee/landlord of the four
business relationships. For a buyer that would mean give them a
copy of the CIS & explain the 4 business relationships prior to the
first discussion at which the buyer’s motivation or financial ability to
buy is discussed and for a seller the same thing prior to the first
discussion of the seller’s motivation to sell and prior to discussion of
a selling price. |
| The law does not require that you have a buyer or
seller sign the form, that is optional. |
| Our office policy is to have all buyers sign our
buyer's agency agreement
(BAA). Our BAA contains the language that the buyer
has received the consumer information statement. If a buyer refuses to sign our buyer agency
agreement then have them sign the CIS Form. The original of either
signed document will be given to the office manager or administrative
assistant. The law does not
require anything to be signed but if you don't get one of the documents
signed you will not have any proof that you complied with the law. |
A Buyer's Agency Agreements must should contain a statement that
the customer has received a copy of the CIS, which buyer agency agreement
does.
So for example if you are meeting a buyer for the first
time, even if that meeting is in front of the home you intend to show
them, you will give the buyer a copy of the CIS and explain it to them.
You should then ask the buyer which one of the representations they wish
to work with you under. |
Smoke Detector, Carbon Monoxide
Detectors & Fire Extinguishers
These are required to be installed and inspected prior to closing on all
residential 1 to 4 family unit. This includes
sales and RENTALS!! |
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