CHICAGO – May 11, 2011 – Bruce Aydt, Realtor® Magazine columnist and real estate ethics instructor, receives hundreds of questions a year from Realtors confronting various ethical dilemmas. Here are some of the most prevalent problems he’s encountered in the past year.
1. Not revealing your state of licensure. On your website, you need to include a note disclosing the state in which you hold your real estate license. The note could say something like “Licensed in Illinois,” “Illinois Licensee” or “Illinois Broker.”
2. Blogging or tweeting without making company affiliation evident. In any real estate-related communications on Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites, you must include your company name in the posting or make it accessible via a link back to your company name (like your username’s link to a profile page). Your company name also must appear in all advertisements.
3. Failing to disclose a short sale. You have an obligation to know your MLS and state license law rules on short sales and to disclose a potential short sale when it’s required in those rules.
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http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=1&id=259834
1. Not revealing your state of licensure. On your website, you need to include a note disclosing the state in which you hold your real estate license. The note could say something like “Licensed in Illinois,” “Illinois Licensee” or “Illinois Broker.”
2. Blogging or tweeting without making company affiliation evident. In any real estate-related communications on Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites, you must include your company name in the posting or make it accessible via a link back to your company name (like your username’s link to a profile page). Your company name also must appear in all advertisements.
3. Failing to disclose a short sale. You have an obligation to know your MLS and state license law rules on short sales and to disclose a potential short sale when it’s required in those rules.
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Items 4-6 at
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=1&id=259834
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