Archive for August, 2011

Six New TREC Contract Forms Approved

The Texas Real Estate Commission published notice of the following revised standard real estate contract forms effective August 24, 2011. All of the forms are available from the Texas Real Estate Commission’s website, and of course within BULLFormsTexas.com.

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The reason for the update is the removal of subparagraph 15B, which required a party to the contract to file suite for specific performance within 45 days of the closing date of the contract. This subparagraph may conflict with 16.070 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which precludes parties to a contract from agreeing to shorten the time period in which to file suit to less than two years.

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Additional thanks to Black | Mann & Graham LLP for the press release.

TREC - Broker-Lawyer Committee Appointments

The Texas Real Estate Commission has appointed two new members to the Broker-Lawyer committee and the state bar of Texas also appointed a new lawyer member.

The Texas Real Estate Commission voted at its August 1 meeting to appoint Charlie Still of Arlington and Gregg Glenn of Amarillo as broker members of the Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee, with terms expiring August 31, 2017. The broker-lawyer committee is responsible for drafting and revising standard real estate contract forms, with the intent of bringing consistency to real estate transactions and minimizing potential controversy in accordance with the Texas Real Estate License Act.

Charlie Still has been an active broker since 1982 and has over 29 years of experience working with TREC’s promulgated forms. He has been the principal broker of Still Brothers & Associates since 1987.

Gregg Glenn has been the broker / owner of Prudential Ada, REALTORS since 1983.

In addition to the broker appointments made by the Texas Real Estate Commission Bo Blackburn was appointed as a lawyer member on the committee by the State Bar of Texas. Bo Blackburn is a partner at Almanza, Blackburn & Dickie LLP, in Austin, focusing on residential and commercial real estate litigation among other areas of practice.

The full press release is available here.(PDF Link)

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TREC Forms and File Storage = Ultimate Real Estate Tool

BULL Forms is proud to announce the launch of our fully integrated file storage solution.

What does this mean for agents using our product to generate TREC forms?

All BULL Forms Texas users can now upload, share and store all of their files easily using the same familiar interface they have become accustomed to. There is no additional charge to our users and all users have unlimited file storage!

You no longer have to use multiple programs, frequently jumping between programs. Instead you can now easily upload multiple files into your deal and you will have all of the information you need in one easy to access location. Your files are automatically synced into the cloud and available from any computer with internet access using your account credentials.

Let’s see how the file storage solution works. When you log into your account you will now notice that there is a file icon on each one of your deals:

Click on the “files” icon to be taken into the file navigator:

Once within the files dashboard you will be able to navigate between deals to view all files in each of your files. All of your deals will automatically be listed on the left hand side of the window. Please note: If you delete a deal, you will delete all associated forms and files!

From the main screen you can choose to create a folder or upload files. If you want to keep your files nice and neat, you may want to add a new folder, you can do so by clicking on the “Create Folder” icon, you will be prompted to name the folder, as pictured below:

Type in your desired folder name and click create or enter to create the folder. Here is what the folder you just created will look like:

Double click on the new folder to jump in and view its contents.

To upload files lets click on the “Upload” icon. Click on the “Select” button near the top right corner. Your browser’s file manager will open. Select all of the files that you wish to upload. You can select as many files as you like. Once you have started uploading files you will be shown your progress. Once all uploads are complete you will see a window like this:

If you are done uploading files you can click on the “finished” icon or the “X” on the top right corner of the window. You will now see your files, as illustrated below:

You have the option to rename, download, share or delete each file. If you want to send your client or co-worker a file, but don’t want to download and email the file, you can share the file with one click. Click on the “Share” icon. The file will be shared, and you will see the following:

 

Click on the email link and you will see the email window:

Your client or coworker will receive an email with a link to the file that you have shared. Be careful as this file will be available to any party with the link. The public view of the file will look like this:

All of us here at BULL Forms hope that you enjoy the file storage solution and integrate it into your Real Estate Offices. You now have one location to generate your TREC Texas Contracts and save all of your files!

As always, if you have any feedback or feature recommendations, please do not hesitate to contact us. You will be surprised how quickly we respond.

Thank you,

BULL Forms Team

BULL Forms Texas is in the Chrome Web Store

BULL Forms Texas web app is live in the Google Chrome Web Store.

Good news for all of our users generating Texas Real Estate forms using Chrome as their web browser of choice. Our web application is now live in the Google Chrome Web Store. What does this mean for you? First of all, you can easily install the application by heading to the Chrome Web Store and searching for BULL Forms. Once installed, you will be able to easily navigate to BULL Forms Texas and start generating TREC Forms within seconds. We have outlined the steps to installing the application below:

First head to the Chrome Store chrome.google.com/webstore

Now search for BULL Forms Texas:

When you reach the results page, go ahead and click on our BULL Forms Mascot, “Bob the Bull”

You will then be taken to the details page:

Click on install and the magic will happen behind the scenes. Now the BULL Forms Texas Web application has been installed into your Chrome Web Browser. You can access it whenever you start up your computer or open a new tab, as pictured below:

And that is a wrap folks. Click on “Bob the Bull” and you will be taken to your favorite site for Generating Texas Real Estate Forms. As always, stay on the lookout for improvements and we will notify you as soon as we have added more functionality to the application.

Thank you,

BULL Forms Team