Hella Rothwell, Broker Owner REALTOR®

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - (831) 626-4000 - CA #01772851 HI #RB-21268
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RECENT BLOG POSTS
 This is my last blog in November to comply with the November ACTIVERAIN CONTEST of writing 30 blogs in 30 days. AND THE AR GODS WERE GOOD TO ME TO FEATURE 6 OF THEM. Maybe this does not sound like much to some of you who seem to continually write excellent blogs that everyone wants to read, but ...
11/29/2013
Continuing Education that is required to renew one's real estate agent or broker's license is not only educational, but it offers much valuable information for operating our business.  LIKE FAIR HOUSING LAWS Although Fair Housing Laws do not require affirmative action by real estate licensees, i...
11/29/2013
This is just a short message to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, whether you are: 1. Spending it with Family and Friends at someone else's home. 2. Spending it at an Airport or Snow Drift trying to get to Family and Friends. 3. Hiding out from Family and Friends in your own digs. 4. Thumbin...
11/27/2013
How can we real estate professionals really separate our business lives from our personal lives? I totally can't, there are too many irons in the fire right now. DURING THANKSGIVING WEEK. In order to comply with California real estate laws that tell me I have to take 45 hours of continuing educat...
11/25/2013
It has been an extremely busy year for me in my real estate business. How so? I operate an independent Brokerage in both Hawaii and California. The Hawaii brokerage is new in 2013. When I say "new", that is only the brokerage. I have actually lived in Hawaii a combined 26 years of my life, and am...
11/24/2013
When a prospective buyer attends an OPEN HOUSE, at what point does the agent holding it start talking about "agency"? This is most important to you, the buyer, because you need AN AGENT WHO HAS A FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. Before you "show your hand", meaning how much you like the home and ...
11/23/2013
Today is Day 3 of my mandatory Continuing Education classes to renew my broker's license in California. And it is about "Managing Risks for Profit." What a tantalizing subject, but what it is really about is keeping you, the broker, out of trouble--hopefully, BEFORE it happens. GIVING LEGAL or TA...
11/22/2013
Today it is Day 2 of my mandatory Continuing Education to renew my Broker's license in California and it was all about Trust Accounts, the area of real estate where most complaints are generated. And once a complaint has come into the California Department of Real Estate, the brokerage can be ass...
11/21/2013
This will be a very short blog. It's been a long day, and part of it was because I started my 45 hours of continuing education courses to renew my Broker's license in California. All online. Don't get me wrong, I love studying, learning something new. But this continuing education is not new info...
11/20/2013
Let's face it--at least this has been my experience--it doesn't matter what kind of blog you write, there is NO WAY you are going to get featured again the day after you are being featured!!! Well, maybe if you are Lenn Harley or Debbie "the real" Reynolds and a handful of others who seem to have...
11/18/2013