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A Good Reason to Use a REALTOR®

Here's a great example of why you should use a Realtor®. An elderly couple in Las Vegas recently tried to sell their house and ended up being scammed by someone in their church. Instead of it being a sale, they ended up with an $86,000 lien and are now in foreclosure. Fortunately for the couple, a local attorney firm is taking the case pro bono.

The story and video is here at KTNV Las Vegas.

Posted by Roberta LaRocca REALTOR® Las Vegas Broker Salesperson Property Management on 10/04/2007 09:20 PM

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Originally posted at: Roberta's Las Vegas Real Estate Blog: A Good Reason to Use a REALTOR®

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12 Comments on A Good Reason to Use a REALTOR®

OCT

2007

Very good reason to use a REALTOR!!!! Thanks

Christina: I agree!

OCT

2007

It is sad when people are taken advantage of by someone they know and trust. This is especially sad, when they met them at a place such as church, where people still try to believe in everyone

Todd: Yes it is sad for someone to do that especially in a church!

OCT

2007

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! I just don't understand how ANYONE can do this. One of my first clients was a young, Hispanic family. They had both worked two jobs each to save enough money to buy their first home. After 3-4 years, they decided they wanted a larger home. The agent they hired to sell their home and help them find another home actually tricked them into signing a quit claim deed on the home he was supposedly selling. They signed it over to him, and he got another Hispanic family in the home with a rent to own ad. The family who came to me did not know what had happened until they started receiving foreclosure letters a year later. When the rent to own people didn't pay....the agent stopped paying the mortgage. I helped them expose the agent, and he lost his license. The irony...a month after losing his real estate license...he was a loan officer. Can you believe it??? How do people like that sleep?

I have seen similar things occur in my area. Once in a while you'll see a recorded sale from an estate or out of the area owner that has a recorded sale way below obvious market value. Using a Realtor lessens your chances dramatically for this happening especially if that Realtor is with a reputable Brokerage.

Public awareness to the bottom feeders with local pressure is the answer.

Thanks for the post

Elizabeth: I don't know how people like that can sleep!! It was nice that you helped them out. That agent should have never been allowed to do anything in the real estate world again!

KC: People should research the agent and brokerage to make sure they are reputable.

OCT

2007

Roberta that is despicable. There are all kinds out there!! I hope the couple doesn't lose their home and I hope they put the scammer behind bars!! I just don't get how people live with themselves!!

Sandy: It does take all kinds but how do you sleep with yourself after doing that to innocent people??

OCT

2007

Roberta - that's the part I can't figure out either. Just like the investment partners and how they treated us. How do you look yourself in the mirror everyday or like you said go to sleep at night. But I believe what goes around comes around and they will get there's in the end.

Its scarey. The things people do to one another. I still believe there are more good than bad people, so there is hope. I don't know how those people could live with themselves.

Sandy: I believe the same as you.....what goes around comes around.

Adele: We have to believe there are more good than bad people or there would be no hope!

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