Friday I had an interesting conversation with one of our listing machines...a blogpost provoking conversation, one that would make me question some REALTOR'S ethics...not the listing machine personally but those who sometimes go after Expireds.....one of them being the listing machine's expired listing.
Often times listing machines have a defense mechanism...it's called thick skin.
They are accustomed to it...word gets out...word gets back to them.
Now with thick skin there is an understanding...if you do your job well and are successful sometimes you make enemies.
Bad mouthing a seller's EXPIRED REALTOR because you wanted that listing...can be a huge mistake!
Recently several REALTORS have gone to the the seller's house to try an obtain the listing.
Funny thing...our listing machine and the current seller knew the listing had expired.
Now when you are a listing machine...often times you have loyalty...you have respect...and then it happens... you befriend the seller.
Now the seller and the listing machine have history..again when you work with someone a few times...it seems there is a certain level of trust, respect and loyalty.
While they were going over all the new doc's and doing what needed to be done to re-list the property...the seller let listing machine know what his fellow REALTOR has said....
They weren't very kind words...and the machine is strong....they can take it...... but I felt bad.... because I know...and regardless of the strength of your skin...sometimes it gets to you... you can only take so much as you work hard to keep your reputati
ons...
Then you explode and can't take anymore finally you feel you have no other choice but to report a CODE of ETHICS violation.
Funny thing about the listing machine...they were not bothered on the surface...
Then again they were...after all they wanted to talk about it!
The machines face a little different..not the usual cat that ate the canary grin!
The sad part is it wasn't just one violator...its wasn't just two REALTORS...holy smoke...
The Machine has their very own hate club!
Be careful when bad mouthing another REALTOR..at some point that Listing Machine explodes..
It could be on you...it won't be conversation...it won't be a screaming match...instead...
A nicely folded piece of paper handed to you by your mailman.
Be careful...
Those false or misleading statements could be a CODE OF ETHICS violation!
Article 15
Realtors ® shall not knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading statements about competitors, their businesses, or their business practices. (Amended 1/92)
• Standard of Practice 15-1
Realtors ® shall not knowingly or recklessly file false or unfounded ethics complaints. (Adopted 1/00)
• Standard of Practice 15-2
The obligation to refrain from making false or misleading statements about competitors’ businesses and competitors’ business practices includes the duty to not knowingly or recklessly repeat, retransmit, or republish false or misleading statements made by others. This duty applies whether false or misleading statements are repeated in person, in writing, by technological means (e.g., the Internet), or by any other means. (Adopted 1/07)
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