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READ THE FINE PRINT Why Lawmakers Are Legislating Lengthy Real Estate Service Agreements For many parents, the end of the school year begins a long, challenging stretch of unstructured time when children need something to do. Social media personalities are rushing to fill the gap by suggesting activities to inspire parents and kids alike to make the most of their time off. The term “bucket list” was popularized by a 2007 film of the same name. It originally denoted an inventory of experiences or achievements you hope to accomplish before you die. But the idea of figuring out what you want to do in the future is handy at other stages of life, too. Young adults and parents have embraced the term as a tool for planning summer activities. Framing her suggestions as a “summer bucket list,” one YouTuber, Advice by Angel, suggested no less than 70 summer activities, from painting old shoes or taking pictures with a Polaroid to camping on the beach, and included beautiful photos to illustrate each suggestion. Among her more creative suggestions are making Nutella pizza, cliff jumping, and a trampoline sleepover.
To get your children involved, one resourceful mom, Amy Pettiford, shows on a TikTok video how she listed about 70 summer bucket list choices on a posterboard in various colorful markers and mounted it on the refrigerator. She suggests checking off activities as you do them and adding the date. Among her entries are making a leaf scrapbook, jumping over waves, painting outdoors, and building a blanket fort. Making and using these lists can teach children some valuable lessons. For example, it can inspire parents and kids to think about how they spend their days. It encourages them to do things they might not otherwise pursue, such as Pettiford’s suggestions to dance in the rain, serve a neighbor, gaze at the stars, or perform a random act of kindness. Some items a parent might add, such as Pettiford’s “go garage sale hopping,” can create an opportunity to teach children how to earn money.
When fall arrives, your children can return to school with a sense of satisfaction that their summer vacation has been well spent!
Some real estate companies nationwide have incentivized homeowners to sign service agreements for an unreasonable duration and unfairly locked sellers and buyers into giving an agent, or his or her assignee, the exclusive right to list a home again in the future. MV Realty in Charleston was the target of multiple lawsuits which led to the enactment of new legislation. South Carolina is one of the many states that have just this year taken action to protect the public from unfair practices to ensure a level playing field amongst real estate agents and companies. Read the fine print and pay attention to the details. Generally, listing agreements contain boilerplate language that some think they are stuck with. The new legislation helps in that it prohibits the service agreements from lasting more than one year, prohibits the agreements from being recorded in the public records to create a lien or other property security interest, or language that allows for the assignment of the right to provide the services to any other agent without consent of the client, which is all good. But the only way for a buyer or seller to be truly protected is to read and understand the fine print and then decide if the terms are unfair or suitable for their circumstances.
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