Keyword: code of ethics
What two journalists’ mistakes can teach Realtors about ethics
What journalists and Realtors have in common Two things happened recently with wildly different writers for local paper, The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Connie Schultz, wife of Senator Sherrod Brown, used to be an opinion columnist. She mainly focused on social issues and human interest pieces while working at the PD, and up until one of her rare columns, did not typically ...
NAR amends Code of Ethics to protect LGBT, yet finances anti-LGBT candidates
Code of Ethics amended In January of this year, Article 10 of The Realtor Code of Ethics was amended to include sexual orientation as a protected class. Article 10 in its entirety now reads as follows: Realtors® shall not deny equal professional services to any person for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or ...
But, We’re ALL Ethical!
The (NAR) doth protest too much, methinks. Did you see this? (not too many people have, apparently). 10 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won’t Say Many of the “10 Things” are arguably true. Some are laughably easy to dispute. Calling the article “dumb” is silly. 1 – “Your house is really just a networking party for me.“ True. In my ...
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NAR Code of Ethics rules for Social Media, Realtors and Associations
More “Thou Shalts” It’s true according to VarBuzz that the new wisdom coming from NAR Midyear are new amendments to beef up the existing code of thou shall not talk smack about your fellow agents in blog posts or comments that cannot be backed up by empirical evidence- that’s a good thing, right? Yes, but be careful. First of all, ...
There is No “I” in “Team”
But it Seems There is a “Me” The concept of teams in real estate is not a new one, but it is open to lots of interpretation. Some teams are agents working together under a single names. Some teams are comprised of an agent who employs some “buyer agents” under their employment contract with their Broker In Charge. And still ...
Are You A Professional?
What Makes You Professional? There is a lot of discussion about what makes people professional. We have the Code of Ethics to help us determine the standards that we need to apply to our real estate practices. But in a contact intensive business like ours, the manner in which you interact with others is often the matter of courtesy (or ...
I Don’t Want To Start a Fight But..
It Seems So Simple When we become REALTORS, we’re supposed to subscribe to a Code of Ethics. Subscribe to as opposed to be restricted by . I always thought it was a good thing. Something to be proud of. A higher standard that we’re willing to be held to. There’s only 17 articles in the Code of Ethics. Only one ...
NAR Once Again – Does Not Define
The Realtor Code of Ethics is nothing more than a membership agreement to a membership that its membership does not want. Realtors overwhelmingly state that if they could be members of the MLS without being a member of a local or national board, they would do so. I for one am in strong agreement with my peers on this matter. ...
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