Housing Affordability - up slightly- The NAR nationwide housing affordability index increased a few points into January, with the Midwest region remaining the most affordable in the nation.

I am interested in the other costs, like membership fees (NAR I am guessing is a requirement), MLS access (or is that through the brokerage?)

Just "keep your chin up" given the NAR statistics on agent drop out rate...Hope this helps.  

There is a lot of incorrect information floating around the Internet, by the NAR and various misinformed sources; this site tries to clear up the confusion.

If you haven't already, get to your local board and pay them for MLS fees, NAR, state, and local dues.

This list may be helpful to some, many will already be familiar with these organizations listed below.Property Management Builders Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) www.boma.orgInstitute of Real Estate Management (IREM) www.irem.orgBrokerage and Real Estate ProfessionalsCCIM Institute (CCIM) www.ccim.comSociety of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) my.sior.com/homeCommercial Real Estate in Women (CREW) crewnetwork.org/homeNational Association of Realtors (NAR) www.nar.realtorKansas City Regional Association of Realtors (KCRAR) kcrar.comCorporate Real EstateCorenet www. corenetglobal.orgInternational Facility Management Association (IFMA) www.ifma.orgAppraisalswww.appraisalinstitue.orgLand DevelopmentUrban Land Institute (ULI) uli.orgMany of these organizations have networking events monthly sometimes even weekly.

In CA you can receive a gift but unless you are a member of NAR and broker.

All of this information can be sourced from online platforms, the local news, the NAR, etc.

Unfortunately I don’t see how you can hold him to the contract but I would report him to NAR and your local New York licensing board.

ONce it came back with these title issues the deal gets re traded or it dies .. the contracts in most states if they are MLS Nar type contracts allow for seller to back out and buyer to back out and get EM returned if title cannot be cleared at the price your paying for it. the only way this person would take title to liens is if the title company missed them and would be on the hook to clear them at their cost.. or she did her own closing with no title company or insurance and since there is a new lender involved they will want a lenders policy so that answer that quesiton.. to me this is simply a case of title company waiting to long into the process to run full title and do their date downs.