Michael's Commercial LLC

ANNOUNCING A NEW GROUP - REALTORS® Code of Ethics.  COME JOIN US, HERE.

This GROUP is a place for the EXCHANGE of thoughts and opinions and shared experiences in our day to day real estate practice that involve the REALTORS® Code of Ethics.

First of all, I want to thank Brenda Mullins for here grace and professionalism in the face of over 200 comments before she wisely disabled the comments. 

Many of the commentators disagreed with her assessment of the experience that inspired her ActiveRain post, myself included.  SEE:  Did You Really Just Ask Me That?! Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Brenda is a wise agent always read to learn. When what she thought was improper conduct on the part of an agent seeking to negotiate the Buyer's Agent Co-op turned out to be the proper thing for the agent to do, Brenda quickly embraced the proper procedure as described in the

Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ^®

Effective January 1, 2011

Sadly, many of the comments to Brenda's post used the opportunity to disparage the character and/or practices of fellow agents and brokers with whom they disagree.  In the space of the first 175 comments, agents who clearly understood the Standard of Practice involved were referred to as:

a self serving idiot	crass
greedy	unprofessional
having bad real estate practice	unfair
nervy	illegal
violating the COE	a jerk
unethical	like a used car salesman
a blackmailer	schmuck
bloodsucking	self serving

To their credit, many members commenting understood the matter and clearly described the Standard of Practice involved that permitted the agent who contacted Brenda to do just what she did,  While her attitude and motivation may not have been "pure", her action did not, from what was written, violate any Standard of Practice of the REALTORS® Code of Ethics.

ANNOUNCING A NEW GROUP - REALTORS® Code of Ethics Exchange.  COME JOIN US.

WHO CAN JOIN?  Any ActiveRain member; agents, brokers, appraisers, home inspectors, product or service representatives, attorneys, title company representatives, home stagers, virtual assistants, and more.  If you have an interest in what guides a large percentage of real estate agents in their day to day practice, COME JOIN US.

Post your questions, ideas, understandings, problems with and anything at all involving the Code or any SOP.

In fact, to inspire discussion and an exchange of ideas , I plan to post sections of the COE and specific SOP with an opportunity for members to contribute by sharing some of their experiences involving the code.

COME JOIN US.

Hopefully, this group will enlighten, educate and generally lift awareness of the importance of the REALTORS® Code of Ethics.  Membership in the National Association of Realtors is the first step for many new agents to become aware of the AWESOME responsibility we assume when representing BUYERS and SELLERS.

Courtesy, Lenn Harley, Broker, Homefinders.com, 800-711-7988.

 

IT'S NOT ABOUT US..............................................................IT'S ALL ABOUT THEM!!

                             

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