Real Estate Law is a lot more complicated than it has ever been in the past. Now when you sign a brokerage agreement with a realtor instead of 1 page or 2 pages it is 14 pages? That is just for the listing. Why is it so long? Well that is nothing compared to all the other forms involved and they just keep getting bigger due to all the laws, bureaucracy and lawyers. Everyone is so busy trying to cover themselves and their rear ends from every known or potential eventuality.

It is a giant game of 100s of pages of What Ifs. How can you have time to read it all? Well you need to make the time and it also makes sense to not allow yourself to be forced into doing anything too fast out of social conditioning. Such as thinking you might look stupid if you read it all or that you are wasting the other person's time. In Real Estate Law you have a right to knowing what you are signing and why.

If you were a business-person would you sign an agreement without reading it all the way through? I think not. And realize your home is probably the biggest personal investment you will ever make and it will take you years to pay it off. Is it worth rushing through if you still have questions?

Read it, understand it and ask questions and you will be glad you did. Your real estate agent will explain it all to you, you just have to ask, perhaps take the extra time. After this last subprime lending fallout, it makes sense to go that extra mile with all your real estate transactions, no matter who they are with, including the bank, mortgage broker and real estate agent.

Go buy the book Real Estate Law 4 Smarty Pants' if you can find that title; if you have to, but please read and understand what you are signing. I certainly hope this blog post is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best and give you something to contemplate in 2008. I thank you for reading my many posts on diverse subjects, which interest you.