A postcard from a fellow Dallas Realtor came in the mail a few days back to our house. I thought he did a good job with his writing.
However, I found several statements that I know were considered ethics violations in prior years.
I send him an email that suggested he check those items with an authority at the Metrotex Association of Realtors.
Here they are:
1. He showed a photo of the house that had sold, and the price. The quoted price, however, was the listed price of about $499,000. I looked the sale up on the MLS, and it had sold for about $480,000.
I say that infers that he sold the house for an inflated amount, and that
is unethical.
2. The listing that he sold was not his or his firm's, but was a co-op with another broker, who was the listing agent.
I say that he should disclose that the listing was not his, but that of another agency, and I would prefer he show that agency's name.
3. The card listed a web site where an interested party could immediately determine the value of their own home. That internet address didn't exist.
Misleading information is a violation.
Well what's interesting is that he told me that he did show the postcard to the person in charge of ethics review at Metrotex, and that person said there were no violations.
What do you think?
BILL CHERRY
Broker-Realtor
Since 1966
Keller Williams Dallas Premier
Direct: 214 503-8563
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