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On its own and through its affiliation with NAR and CAR, RCAOC is committed to providing discounts and availability on useful products and services to its members. Below is a partial list of products and services available to you through your RCAOC Membership. We will try to keep you informed of new products and services as they become available, and provide reviews and information on existing products and services.

Legal Services

Legal Hotline
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
Free confidential legal advice over on a vast array of real estate related topics.
Contact the Legal Hotline 213.739.8282, Monday thru Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or email legal_hotline@car.org. Legal Hotline
ALIS (Automated Legal Information System)
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
FREE recorded messages, prepared by C.A.R.'s Hotline attorneys on over 200 real estate-related topics, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. call 213.739.8205 ALIS
Q&As, Legal Briefs and Other Legal Memoranda
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
Legal memoranda on over 150 topics. Q&A
Real Estate Law and Other Legal Resources
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members

Summaries of important cases as well as regulatory updates from the state Attorney General's office, the Department of Real Estate, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and others.
Economic Research / Information

California Housing Statistics
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
Median prices, sales activity and trends throughout California House stats
The Commercial Real Estate Quarterly
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
National forecasts for the six property types in the commercial real estate industry. Available to non-members for $250 per year.

Metro Market Facts

Quarterly report contains local price, rent and cap rates for the apartment, retail, industrial, suburban office, and CBD office sectors, for 50 different metro areas and 30 pages of economic, employment, demographic, and population data including market analysis for the specific metro areas
PPR Fundamentals Quarterly report provides vacancy rates, inventory, starts, completions, absorption, and rent changes for six property types and 54 urban metro areas and a market narrative, summarized employment and demographic trends, and info on development pipeline.

NAR Information Central
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members

A single point contact for your real estate research and information needs. Includes a 24/7 virtual library. Info Central
Glossary of Commercial Real Estate Terms
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members

A glossary of commercial/investment real estate terms, as part of the REALTOR Commercial Alliances project to provide standard definitions throughout the country for commonly used commercial estate terms Glossary
Technology

Tech Hotline
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members

Tech Hotline offers free tech support Monday through Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.at 866.432.3006. direct access to experts in real estate technology who can answer your pressing technology-related questions.
TechLine
Other Product and Services

NAR REALTOR VIP Program Insurance, financial products, business products and services, technology products and publications all at special discounts. VIP
CAR MVP Program Insurance, financial products, business products and services, technology products and publications all at special discounts. MVP
Winforms/ CAR real estate forms
Free to RCAOC REALTOR members
Winforms provides online, interactive CAR approved standard real estate forms for REALTOR members. Most forms are for residential agents but there are some commercial forms and efforts are underway to provide more. WINFORMS, List of Forms
NHD Hazard Disclosure Statements Required for all real estate transactions. NHD