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Legal FAQ's
License Law

Q:An elderly woman wants me to list and sell her mobile home located on a lot she rents from a mobile home park. As a real estate broker, may I list and sell her mobile home?


Related Member Benefits

FAR Legal Hotline
At no charge, FAR members may speak with an attorney on a range of topics including licensing, contracts and landlord/tenant matters. Call  407.438.1409.

FAR's Legal Action Fund
The Legal Action Fund of the Florida Association of Realtors® is available to support members, local Realtor Boards/Associations or those persons involved in litigation that has significance to Realtors and Realtor-Associates® as a class, private property rights, or the real estate industry as a whole. Cases shall be limited to those based on points of law and not on factual issues. The Legal Action Fund is administered by the Legal Action Fund Committee within approved guidelines and procedures.


Coming to Terms
What is procuring cause?

Procuring cause is defined in the “National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Arbitration Manual” as “The uninterrupted series of causal events that result in the successful transaction.” Or, as some real estate attorneys have finessed it: “The direct origination of a series of events which, if followed through without a break in continuity, results in a sale (lease) upon terms acceptable to the seller (landlord).”