Realtors

original image courtesy of Jim Frazier I love the real estate blogosphere. It largely a community of wonderful professionals who are dedicated to the...

Agents Talk Business Water cooler talk around a real estate office is much like any other business office, I’m sure. Many agents are friends away...

Perfect Timing Lani and Benn’s invitation to contribute to Agent Genius coincided with the deadline for completing my semi-annual CE and quadrennial Code of Ethics...

Your Buyer Calls Imagine this... Your buyer calls you to ask you about a property for sale. The home just came back on the market...

From the 2008 Realtor Code of Ethics : Article 12 REALTORS ® shall be honest and truthful in their real estate communications and shall present a true picture in their advertising, marketing, and other representations Copyright and stealing are basic concepts that should be easily understood by even the newest writer/blogger/Realtor. If the Code of Ethics requires that we as Realtors present a true picture in all that we do, be it online, print, etc. doesn't it stand to reason that blatantly plagiarizing someone else's work product is a clear, enforceable and actionable Code of Ethics violation?

photo cred Phraseology VAR’s sometimes-wacky special counsel (you know, the one who utters the words Kama Sutra in a webcast about the ethics of short sales)...

Pushing the River It is sometimes amazing how it lightens one's load to find out that you weren't alone in having a particular problem.  The...

  One of the fundamentals of staying in business is referrals.  How do you get referrals?  You have to ask.  Dang it!  I just want them to...