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🎥 A Real Estate Dispute That Offers Critical Lessons for Professionals - This is a California case addressing whether recording a lis pendens can expose a party to liability for damages or attorney’s fees.
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📢 FinCEN Finalizes Nationwide Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule Effective March 1, 2026
📄 How to comply with FinCEN without breaking your operations — or your budget
📄Smart Strategies To Be FinCEN-Ready — Without New Tech Costs
📄 SoftPro integrates with agentTRAX to offer new FinCEN product
📄 Alanna.ai, Settlor offer technology to help title firms comply with FinCEN requirements
📄FinCEN Finalizes Nationwide Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule Effective March 1, 2026
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