ethics: CLIENT SAYS YOU CAN SELL IT BEFORE WE LIST IT
- 04/13/15 11:37 PM
I have a high-price listing for a nice product, good part of town, priced right and in immaculate condition. It is also a custom home with one of kind dynamics including special zoning and even a rental unit. The owner wants it picture perfect before we go MLS. He says to me, if you can sell it before we go and get paid more, its okay with him
SOUNDS GREAT
I have a structure in place where we will cooperate with buyer agents and another dynamic that says if I find a buyer on my own, it becomes more rewarding for both me and … (7 comments)
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ethics: TWO PEARLS SERIES BOOKS HELP TO CREATE ONE LOVE
- 03/31/15 09:56 AM
Finally, by popular request and much effort, the book about men, boys, males and worse is available for order right now. WHEN WILL MEN COME BACK AGAIN will take its place among the library of books on life, love, intimacy and purpose popularly known as PEARLS FOR THE SOUL books. Several years ago when the PEARLS SERIES released its well received book on women and girls in all situations and experiences, the clamor went out for a man-book! We heard you!
It started with.....
PEARLS FOR GIRLS DATING WAITING & SEX...IN SEEKING CUPID...DON'T BE STUPID
Married, divorced, starting out or starting over...this time, don't go … (4 comments)
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ethics: WHY WON'T CAR SALESMAN COME CLEAN?
- 01/24/15 11:29 PM
I learn as I go in life but when I come across a subject of interest, I research it even more... so I become familiar with it and it reduces stress when on the learning curve if I am to enter into it. I have bought many new cars in my lifetime and it is always an us versus them if you don't do your homework. The Internet today makes it easier. But those salesman?
ETHICS DOESN'T PAY BILLS
It doesn't matter how honest, forthright or transparent a buyer is when going into this arena. NO. It is the dealer and their representatives that need to … (11 comments)
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ethics: A FRIEND WOULDNT DO THAT
- 01/07/15 03:52 AM
I worked with a nice fellow (non-licensed) for a few years never having an occasion to butt heads. We both had lots of work and activity to keep us busy enough and I want to add that we were professionals about how we conducted ourselves. Then, one day out of the blue, my friend got a promotion. I was happy for him
REALLY REAL......REAL ESTATE
He was worthy of the rewards of working hard. One day he says to me rather irritably, I need you to look up some things on the MLS. I said sure but it wont be until … (5 comments)
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ethics: ETHICS AND MORALS WORK WELL UNTIL THEY DON'T
- 11/19/14 11:09 PM
During the World Wars which were new to everyone all over this planet, you were never to cooperate with the enemy upon being captured. However, it was decided at some point that name, rank and serial number was relevant and necessary. On anything else no matter how trivial, you were told to clam up!
EASIER SAID THEN DONE
That was the rule and men lived by it out in the open but in secret and circumstances, another dynamic took place. They were tested on these beliefs.Torture changed all that and men broke and talked. Shamed for the conduct but also perplexed as to … (2 comments)
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ethics: THE LENN INN
- 10/30/14 09:41 AM
This is a selective place to stay in and only the chosen get the privilege. Lenn Harley has it set-up so that if one of her clients has to have a place to stay during a transaction scheduled to close, she lets them stay in her home. Yes, you heard me right. Its not in the Realtor code of ethics, you wont find it on a Real Estate test either.
NOTE: if the prince in the beauty and the beast story would have answered the door and behaved and did what Lenn did, the beast would not be. No story! The old lady … (11 comments)
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ethics: WHAT KIND OF AGENT ARE YOU
- 10/22/14 04:53 AM
Not just the buying or the selling kind, but how you do business. What are some of things you stand for and stand up for? There are many ways to do business. Often ethics is over-looked in advertising and marketing but that is the core of the transaction. Trust runs the show along with honesty and truth.
BUSINESS AS USUAL
I knew of several wealthy men who when doing business in Real Estate completely disregarded the morals aspects of it and instead put winning at all costs as the prime directive. Well who would argue with that? I would if you … (7 comments)
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ethics: AGENTS DISCIPLINE YOURSELF OR SOMEONE WILL
- 09/18/14 05:44 AM
The first part of the year started out pretty quiet. That told me that something was brewing for sure. Sure enough, when it rains it sometimes pours. Now, I am busy with complaints coming before me as I sit on the professional standards hearing panel. Agent versus agent, broker vs broker, public versus all and no one is wrong?
WE HAVE A MELTDOWN
I have been doing this for years. One thing that stands out is the poor communications between the parties especially when they don't agree. Instead of upping the communications, problem solving and expanding on the different points of view, a total breakdown … (9 comments)
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ethics: FIRST MEET EXPECTATIONS
- 07/15/14 05:16 AM
Keep your promises. In business or personal realms, that is the first order of the day, business or task at hand. Whatever you put forth effort into has to come full circle and meet your efforts with a result making it all worthwhile. What ever we are selling, telling or representing must take place and then another optional world opens up
EXCEEDING THE PROMISE
Exceeding someones expectations. Wowing them. Making it so that they are compelled to repeat and share the experience with someone else because that is the impact it has had on them. To be able to get someone else to willingly support … (10 comments)
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ethics: PLUMBER PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE
- 07/09/14 04:06 AM
I was talking with an ACE plumber I mean one of the best in the business who knows all things plumbing and has a high work ethic too. Add to that he is well organized, has a big truck, tools and supplies and if that isn't enough, he doesn't gouge. That's right, he is the standard for his industry. His bar is so high that when a part time plumber stands next to him, you see the difference right away
HE SUCCEEDED
He was telling me how he was wanting to retire and shift into another mode of living. No longer does he have to work … (2 comments)
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ethics: WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR BAR?
- 06/17/14 12:02 AM
NO not that bar, but the high one...you know the one that measures how you believe and do business. It is your standard of practice, your principals, your stand on the virtues of life and your position when it comes to ethics. Keeping a high bar of operation and beliefs can be costly too
CAREER CRIMINALS?
We all want to do the right thing. None of us get up in the morning looking for ways to beat the systems (unless you are a career criminal) but instead we look and create opportunities of which we can seize and turn into success stories. People who operate with integrity, … (32 comments)
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ethics: REAL ESTATE AGENTS PAID FOR PERFORMANCE
- 06/05/14 05:55 AM
Real Estate agents only get paid if they are successful. That's why no one should hesitate signing up with an agent. You see Real Estate agents only get paid when there is something to pay them for...Most agents work very hard to help bring their clients instructions full circle.
WHAT DRIVES THE DEAL
The moving thrust of a Real Estate transaction is comprised of two things...Ethics and results. To the client, a sacred relationship called fiduciary takes place where the agent looks after every little thing that can favor the client PLUS protect them from unnecessary exposure or harm
MOST BUT NOT ALL
To anyone else the … (6 comments)
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ethics: HOW TO SPOT PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS
- 06/02/14 10:01 AM
In every profession, there are people who stand out and they are called professionals. Professional defined: one who has special education, who possesses distinctive qualities with confidence, one who practices their highest being....all these convey an extraordinary person in their field. A person who becomes a professional has developed themselves into a marketable value
PRO...for short
A professional or a real pro as we call them earned the meaning of the above words. They live them. When you see a anyone practicing traits as described, you are moved to recognize a professional at work whatever field of endeavor they are in.
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ethics: YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING UNTIL
- 04/02/14 03:25 AM
You are examined and questioned about it. That's why the prisons are full. People questioned someones actions and behaviors and found them so wanting that criminal charges were filed. Another arena that causes one to sober up quickly in is the civil arena. When you get called into this, its not good
THE FINE LINE
This is what happens when a human being crosses over into the forbidden territories ethical and other wise. In the earthly parlance, it is called temptation and a few other names too. Many a good and decent person has been over come from these dynamics. It is so subtle too
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ethics: THERE IS NO ONE AROUND TO STOP YOU SO....
- 03/21/14 02:56 AM
The copy and paste phenomenon continues which is the theft of someones else work. It is going to be around for a while because it is too easy to do. WHY? In the privacy of your own world, you can approach this, enter into it, have at it and it is yours.
HOW WILL YOU KNOW?
However, when you share what you have done, the chicken wants to come home to roost. It always does. Here again it becomes interesting to the practitioner too. In the giant vast world of cyberspace, one asks themselves..."How will anyone know'? and this encourages them to move forward. Well, in today's … (4 comments)
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ethics: BUYING OR SELLING AGENT? HOW I FOUND OUT
- 12/27/13 05:05 AM
Lets go back to the time when I had no license, was ignorant and young which was over 35 years ago. The lure of becoming a Real Estate licensee was strong and desirable. Pictures of wealth, power and the good life appeared if only I could get licensed
CAN YOU DO IT ALL?
I knew nothing about any particular thing and I thought having a license allowed me to do anything Real Estate with it. Well it does but can YOU do it...I mean everything with it? They don't teach or tell you that as part of the licensing procedures. You are … (5 comments)
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ethics: CONGRESS NEEDS TO SING SOME PATRIOTIC SONGS
- 10/03/13 12:56 AM
That's the problem! They have forgotten the price paid and the lives lost so that they can hold these sessions of truth, break for lunch and live a good life. A perfect instant solution for resolution would be to put on the music, turn it up, hand out the words and on cue...Belt out the songs one after another for about 1-2 hours. Mind you, we will skip the pledge of Allegiance as that doesn't appear to be working
AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL DREAM
What these songs do is trigger a national pride, the privilege of being an American and at the same … (6 comments)
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ethics: NO FEAR NO GUILT NO PROBLEM
- 08/28/13 11:53 PM
This is the cry from the heart of men and women who remain true to themselves. They chose ethics, morals, character and the righteous suffering that goes with it because they believed that the true things of value, the real coin of this earthly realm is not found in material things but in the invisible world. Peace, calmness and clear thinking are gifts. Don't bargain them away for something less
ETHICS IS MORE THAN A WORD
I have interviewed people in jail when I did some counseling work. No one likes it there and everyone wants out. What everyone in jail … (6 comments)
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ethics: WHEN YOU FIND OUT SOMEONE HAS AN AGENT
- 08/25/13 11:35 PM
This subject is being tested more than it should. If a principal is working with another agent and comes across another agent who either wants to get involved or is roped in, what is the protocol? Principals and clients are not bound by agent to agent contact, but agents have to answer to other agents...YES?
HELP ME UP
I had a principal call me once to get information and she liked the way I spoke. I naturally said I am available and when she is ready, I am ready to go on point and take her to the promised land. She … (3 comments)
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ethics: DOUBLE ENDING SHOW SOME CLASS
- 07/17/13 11:32 PM
Look, we all suspect and many of us just plain know when an agent is trying to double end or just doing the double end dance. Whether you should or shouldn't is always a good subject to explore but that is not my point at this time. Mine is that those that choose to do so have no tact, acting ability or finesse causing more trouble than necessary and violating the ethical rules and regs too when doing it. WHY?
CONTROVERSY
Pocket listings have long been another back and forth subject as well as the agent who has in writing from … (45 comments)
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I have a high-price listing for a nice product, good part of town, priced right and in immaculate condition. It is also a custom home with one of kind dynamics including special zoning and even a rental unit. The owner wants it picture perfect before we go MLS. He says to me, if you can sell it before we go and get paid more, its okay with him
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