Tag: Realtors
Is master bedroom a racist, gender-biased phrase?
Back in the mid-90s the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued proposed guidelines for bringing enforcement actions for violations of [...]
Is the Chicago Association of Realtors fostering trademark fraud?
Real estate agents often have a long list of acronyms corresponding to "professional" designations following their names. My generally-accurate rule o [...]
Sellers, beware of annoying Realtor pricing tactics
If you're in touch with Realtors you have, like me, recently endured a flurry of email and social media reminders to set your clock back. Is there [...]
Humorous Realtor fail of the day
The Realtor, as allowed by MLS rules, opted not to display the address of this rental listing.
There are a variety of reasons why a Realtor mi [...]
A follow-up on ethics and the CAR Board
Chicago Agent Magazine followed up on our questioning of the Chicago Association of Realtors (“CAR”) commitment to the standards of professionalism se [...]
Is the CAR Board setting a bad example on ethics?
The Realtor Code of Ethics requires Realtors to be truthful in their dealings with the public. One specific injunction is that they not use profession [...]
Overused Realtor words – stunning, elegant
Realtor / blogger Eric Rojas has made a stunning request – a call for a moratorium on the use of the word “stunning” in home listing remarks.
M [...]
Stupid Realtor traits – location
We’ve called attention, on occasion, to what we call “stupid Realtor tricks.” The tricks tend to cause little, if any, harm because they're so transpa [...]
A Realtor rule made to be broken
Article 12
REALTORS® shall be honest and truthful in their real estate communications and shall present a true picture in their advertising, marketing [...]
Today's Realtor – getting by on gift cards and deli trays
How bad is it out there for the average Realtor? An e-blast from Chicago Agent advertising tomorrow's brokers open house at Lexington Square reminded [...]
Call of the wild: Realtor-bashing in action
What was it Joe said about Realtor-bashing? "Almost all of the negative commentary is hopelessly juvenile in tone, and leaves one with the impression [...]
A note on Realtor-bashing
A spate of recent comments has me mulling a phenomenon I've noticed repeatedly over the years.
Almost all Realtor-bashing on Web sites comes from peo [...]
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