The REALTORS Code of Ethics requires cooperation among REALTORS except when cooperation is not in the client's best interest. In Putting Clients First: Cooperation, Compensation and Procuring Cause, instructors will engage students in work that will address the ethical and legal issues as well as best practices involving some of the most challenging issues raised by the cooperation vs. client best interest dynamic. 

Putting Clients First classes are now scheduled through September. The class will continue to be offered frequently through December 2018. All Suburban West REALTOR members must take this 3.5 hour class by December 31st, 2018. To register, please click here (once logged in, click "Events" and then "Upcoming Classes").

The rules and regulations of the real estate commission require that brokers "shall retain records pertaining to a real estate transaction for at least 3 years following consummation." The regulation sets a 6 month retention period for certain other documents not resulting in a closed transaction and for time-shares. The regulation also requires brokers "shall produce the records required in subsection (a) for examination by the commission or its authorized representatives upon written request or pursyant to an office inspection."

It is our understanding that saving these documents electronically is permissible provided they are readily accessible and can be produced upon request as stated in the regulation. Read more.