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Stop Poaching My Buyers - A Series on the NAR Code of Ethics (Part One)

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Stop Poaching My Buyers - A Series on the NAR Code of Ethics (Part One)

From time to time, I have chimed in when someone has written about having a buyer poached. Persons have challenged me about a post I have written or when I have challenged folks to be precise about the use of this terminology, “poaching my buyers.”

I have decided to write a rather detailed series on the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics. The purpose of this series is to help me and you learn. I believe that learning comes from reading, exchanging ideas and thoughts, and yes, even, through civil disagreements. It is with this intent that I write this series.

It is important to understand what is not intended by this series. I have no desire to “humiliate” others, especially those who may have used this term or disagreed with me in my previous comments and posts. I would like to challenge you, the reader, to a greater precision and accuracy of terms. Challenge is important, humiliation is not.

Another goal for me is to learn more about the NAR Code of Ethics and to help you do the same. It is the Bible of our profession as Realtors®. If you are a member of the NAR, you have committed yourself to uphold it and abide by it. I hope we can all do a much better job of adhering to it.

I invite you on this journey with me. Let us learn together. Your viewpoints and disagreements with me are welcomed. I like to learn and when you offer your perspective, even when you disagree with me, it helps me down the path of learning. Hopefully, we can mutually teach each other.

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Robert Hammerstein -
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Cal - this is an important reminder to us all..... We all need to re-read this and adhere to it...... We know we do....

Mar 31, 2012 08:31 AM
Mark Loewenberg
KW of the Palm Beaches - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
KW 561-214-0370

even if the buyer doesn't tell you, it is better to be true to your competition than to 'burn" them... just had a buyer do the same with me and never mention working with another agent.. when I found out, handed it right back to them.

Mar 31, 2012 10:06 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I don't think it takes a code of ethics to do the right thing, and I sure as heck don't think it can stop someone from doing the wrong thing.  But I do look forward to your take on them. 

Mar 31, 2012 10:07 AM
Cal Yoder
Keller Williams Elite - Lititz, PA
Homes For Sale in Lancaster PA - 717.413.0744

Robert and Lisa, I have a certain passion for the Code of Ethics. I think it needs to be rightly used.

Mark, I will be interested in hearing more facts about that situation.

Tammy, I hear you, but the Code of Ethics helps us think through tough situations. It also requires a certain sense of precision and accuracy. The problem of just doing the right thing is that it is often interpreted by each individual. The Code gives us a written standard to judge behavior. I look forward to more interaction with you on this matter.

Cal

Mar 31, 2012 10:39 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hey Cal,  I have a buyer under contract and the buyer called another agent to go look at home to see if anything is better.

Mar 31, 2012 02:03 PM
Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Cal - Good luck with your series it will help some but for those who need it the most they will do the same thing they do in regards to the NAR code of ethics ..... totally ignore it or pick and choose what they want and disregard the rest

Apr 01, 2012 12:15 AM
Cal Yoder
Keller Williams Elite - Lititz, PA
Homes For Sale in Lancaster PA - 717.413.0744

Will, interesting. I assume you may end up with a procuring cause issue if the buyer is interested in one of those properties. Also be interested in the details about the questions the second agent asked beforing showing the properties.

Kathy, I am actually writing this for the opposite reason. I am not trying to challenge the blatantly unethical. I am writing to the agents who want to be unethical and at the drop of the hat charge others with unethical behavior. They do so out of ignorance and careful thought. They do it out of anger, but fail to know the code or fail to think critically about it. I have a supposition, "Many well meaning persons actually harm themselves and the real estate industry through unfounded accusations being publicly talked and written about.

Cal

Apr 01, 2012 02:43 AM