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#253985 - 10/08/08 01:01 PM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: Malok]
Mark Brian Member Registered: 11/08/07 Posts: 450 Loc: South Carolina	I not only think it is wrong/unethical/fraud. I will not put an under contract rider on a sign since I am sooo scared I will somehow put a jinx on it! I feel, and I am sure many will agree, that we need to report rule breakers to our associations. We must either drive the unethical out of our business or get them to reform their ways. It is both to protect the public and to protect/improve all of our reputations as RE professionals. _________________________ Mark Brian Silver Star Real Estate LLC Anderson South Carolina Upstate South Carolina Real Estate
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#254190 - 10/09/08 11:00 AM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: liz2sell]
Seymour Member Registered: 11/12/07 Posts: 29 Loc: New England	Originally Posted By: liz2sell Fraud is fraud. Period. Personally, I wouldn't have any problems reporting something like that, especially if it was hurting my business because someone else was doing something that was totally unethical. And that is what it is. They are lying, misrepresenting their abilities, and possibly creating a negative feeling towards all other real estate agents with creating the thought that this is normal practice. I'm with liz2sell-sometimes you have to break it down like you are talking to a kindergartner-When you say you did something you did not do it's called lying. REAL REALTORS DON'T LIE!
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#254192 - 10/09/08 11:02 AM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: Seymour]
Seymour Member Registered: 11/12/07 Posts: 29 Loc: New England	ps. Take some digital pics and send them to your board!
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#257121 - 10/29/08 01:19 PM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: jhanson]
oakenfold Moderating Member Registered: 02/04/07 Posts: 73 Loc: Northern California	Originally Posted By: jhanson There are several agents in my area who have been placing for sale signs in yards with a big SOLD sticker on them. As we know, seeing these types of signs regularly can create the image that the agent is in high-demand and highly successful. The trouble is, the yards belong to their friends and family and the homes never actually sold. They were never even on the market. One of my company's clients found this out and wanted to know if it should be reported. I'm not sure if this actually counts as fraud or not, but it's close. These agents are tricking the public into thinking they're closing all these deals. Opinions? Has anyone seen this before? That is not fraud. No reliance and no damages. Violation of DRE advertising rules and some local board rules as well.
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#260390 - 11/18/08 01:01 PM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: oakenfold]
Austin TX Agent Member Registered: 05/22/08 Posts: 44 Loc: Austin Texas	@perky and vermont Vermont's state motto.. "Freedom and Unity" :) in little tiny letters under it... "except with respect to REALOTR signs!" :-) Joe _________________________ Lakeway Realtor \| Austin Realtor \| Austin Remax
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#261836 - 11/27/08 08:13 PM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: Austin TX Agent]
Paceryder Veteran Member Registered: 05/14/05 Posts: 935 Loc: The Milky Way	LOL when I read "no earthquakes no floods" etc I thought, "no summer either."
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#261864 - 11/28/08 06:15 AM Re: Clever Advertising or Borderline Fraud? [Re: Paceryder]
Vermont Major Contributor Registered: 04/12/08 Posts: 4458 Loc: Vermont's North-East Kingdom	Originally Posted By: Paceryder I thought, "no summer either." True; But that is also changing ! With Global Warming, the snow now melts by early May and it doesn't even come back until October ! Climate Change has also brought us temperatures that spike right up into the low 80s a couple times during July ! (most years). Of course, in the event of an invasion by the Canadians, we are still right there on the Front Line! Sounds Silly, but few Americans know that the Northern most Battle of the Civil War was fought up here in St. Albans, in 1864, when the Rebs came around from the north and snuck in a back door through Quebec. So it's clear that we have to always be on guard when we're in a thawed condition. It's always very tense here ! _________________________ Dale C. Hittle of GOLDEN RULE PROPERTIES in Glover, Vermont Where We're Always Striving To Put Together "THE FAIR DEAL"
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