Tag: Realtors

Is master bedroom a racist, gender-biased phrase?

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

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

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

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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