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If A Realtor is Unethical in the Woods

If A Realtor is Unethical in the Woods

If a Realtor is found to be unethical in a vacuum, does it matter? Have a hypothetical: Realtor X has a listing that has been on the market for 180 days. When re-listing the property on the 181st day, Realtor changes the street name from “Main Street” to “Main St” – Days on Market reset – thereby making this a ...

Jim Duncan | 2009/07/28  | 30 Comments Ethics

NAR Code of Ethics rules for Social Media, Realtors and Associations

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, ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/05/18  | 22 Comments Ethics

If A Realtor is Unethical in the Woods

If A Realtor is Unethical in the Woods

If a Realtor is found to be unethical in a vacuum, does it matter? Have a hypothetical: Realtor X has a listing that has been on the market for 180 days. When re-listing the property on the 181st day, Realtor changes the street name from “Main Street” to “Main St” – Days on Market reset – thereby making this a ...

Jim Duncan | 2009/07/28  | 30 Comments Ethics

NAR Code of Ethics rules for Social Media, Realtors and Associations

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, ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/05/18  | 22 Comments Ethics