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Rainmaker
2,222,275
Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

When you call yourself a Real Estate Agent and you have not pass your State exam.

Mar 02, 2017 04:53 AM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Things that can end up like this!!

Mar 02, 2017 04:23 AM
Ambassador
5,257,589
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Oh, I love Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers' answer!!  

Mar 02, 2017 05:58 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,328
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

oh, that Anthony Acosta is really on the path today....

Mar 02, 2017 05:04 AM
Ambassador
2,073,339
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

One example of false advertising might be to market yourself as a real estate school, and then make your students educate themselves by going on a public website and asking, and re-asking anonymous question after question of real estate agents online.

That might be false advertising.

Mar 02, 2017 03:29 AM
Rainmaker
5,116,228
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Asked and answered multiple times just since the start of 2017... suggest you go back and review and maybe write a post about it. You'll learn a whole lot more about it. Also, false advertising can be very locally determined from one state to another.

Mar 02, 2017 03:13 AM
Rainmaker
4,319,773
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Ethan Marsh - say something and do something else? 

Mar 01, 2017 11:43 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,791
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Including incorrect or false information in an ad.

Mar 01, 2017 10:54 PM
Rainmaker
1,506,793
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

When the school says they'll teach you, but they send you here instead.

Mar 02, 2017 10:00 AM
Rainmaker
1,554,751
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Best to review the Q&A achieves before post a question we get all too often.

Mar 02, 2017 06:29 AM
Rainmaker
1,728,667
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Yikes, Anthony Acosta is sharp today!

Mar 02, 2017 06:01 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,132
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

There are just too many to write about here.

Mar 02, 2017 05:36 AM
Rainmaker
7,870,267
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Be alert for things that appear too good to be true.

Mar 02, 2017 05:20 AM
Rainmaker
1,712,876
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Something that is not true.

Mar 02, 2017 05:15 AM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Completely redone is what the ad says but a complete mess is what you find when you see it

Mar 02, 2017 04:50 AM
Ambassador
2,458,928
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

The only example I can think of that I've ever seen myself was when a two bedroom home was listed as a three bedroom home, and the associated apartment was listed as a one bedroom when it was a studio.

I took my buyer clients to check out the house and we looked all over and couldn't find the third bedroom. When I called the listing agent, he said, well, it's 3 bedrooms between the two units. It wasn't even. It was two bedrooms and a studio, and he was calling it FOUR bedrooms in his listing. 

That's the only thing I can remember that I would consider false.

Mar 02, 2017 03:22 AM
Rainmaker
4,483,834
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

There are too many to list here.... but to start out "best priced home" ....Endre

Mar 01, 2017 11:13 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,013
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

When it is out and out lies or misrepresentation such as photo editing a house picture to remove a negative house feature or neighborhood feature. This is a no-no.

Mar 02, 2017 06:24 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,177
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

If it is not true.

Mar 02, 2017 02:41 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

just do the right thing

Mar 02, 2017 12:05 PM
Rainmaker
4,966,113
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

3 bedrooms and only 2 have closets.

 

Mar 02, 2017 11:38 AM
Ambassador
3,350,439
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

To many to list ... and frankly it is not well "policed".  Unless an agent narks on another agent for false advertising ... it is done and it seems no one really cares.

Mar 02, 2017 09:18 AM
Rainmaker
809,258
Kasey & John Boles
Jon Gosche Real Estate, LLC - BoiseMeridianRealEstate.com - Boise, ID
Boise & Meridian, ID Ada/Canyon/Gem/Boise Counties

Altering photos to not show the true picture of something, "puffing" a home more than just using flowery words, not using your brokerage in advertising (law in Idaho anyway), generally lying about something....

Mar 02, 2017 07:44 AM
Rainmaker
5,773,002
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

There is plenty of data on that on Google.  A

Mar 02, 2017 06:45 AM
Rainmaker
4,583,990
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

 Here's one red flag:  anything that seems too good to be true.  

Mar 02, 2017 06:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,257
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Ethan Marsh Bait and switch.

Mar 02, 2017 06:13 AM
Rainmaker
2,071,025
Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

No company name

 

Jun 17, 2019 06:20 PM
Rainmaker
1,625,153
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Puffing, photo modifications, misleading/wrong information in description.

May 16, 2018 10:46 PM
Rainer
87,920
Jeff Perlis Prime Properties
Prime Properties - Lake Arrowhead, CA
Experience Your Own Transformation!

One of them and very common these days: photographic enhancement.

May 16, 2018 09:57 PM
Ambassador
6,424,212
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I hope the classes are going well.

Mar 20, 2017 08:32 PM
Rainmaker
5,245,221
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Alan May nailed it!

Mar 06, 2017 08:31 AM