Our Arizona Association of REALTORS® General Counsel Michelle Lind sums up MARS in an easy to understand article on the AAR website. That article, titled Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (“MARS”) Rule Requirements for Short Sale Brokers, addresses 6 key guidelines which are:

– No Advance Fees
– Disclosures in Advertising
– Disclosure in Communications with Prospective Customers
– Disclosures when Presenting a Short Sale Offer from the Lender or Servicer
– Truth in Advertising Services
– Record Keeping and Monitoring Requirements

The article also contains valuable links to the FTC for even more information! And finally, a link to disclosure forms. We are grateful to Michelle and the Association to provide us with such valuable information!

Those of you who have been in our courses know that we read a lot of material and make the best recommendations to you regarding resources that will help and assist you. Through 20,000 hours of live classroom education and over a decade of teaching real estate classes there has been only one book that we have been saying is a “MUST OWN” for every real estate professional – Michelle Lind’s “Arizona Real Estate, A Professional’s Guide to Law & Practice.”

As all of us should know, Michelle Lind acts as General Counsel for the Arizona Association of Realtors in Phoenix. Nearly every form that you use in your real estate practice Michelle Lind had a hand in creating. Her days are filled with providing advice and insight into risk management issues and legal questions for brokers and agents throughout the state.

You can now have Michelle Lind’s wisdom and guidance at your fingertips. This book is full of practical everyday information you need to know. We guarantee that no matter what level you may be at in your real estate practice you will find information in this book that you didn’t know, but should. At the end of each chapter Michelle provides great practice tips. They alone would be  worth the price. Do yourself and your practice a favor, you’ll be glad you have this book.

K Michelle Lind is General Counsel for the Arizona Association of REALTORS®