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Rainmaker
1,119,396
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Stating that a parcel of land is one acre when it is only 43,559 SF.

Nov 25, 2018 02:51 PM
Rainmaker
2,580,345
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

Agent profile pictures.

Nov 25, 2018 11:17 AM
Ambassador
5,579,448
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

If it's an advertisement that includes a lie (no matter how big or small), it's false advertising.

Nov 25, 2018 11:06 AM
Rainmaker
1,660,528
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC • Short Sale • Probate

Do not focus on knowing false, focus on describing a property as realistic as possible, and do not photoshop pictures unless fully disclosed( like virtual staging) 

Nov 25, 2018 04:39 PM
Rainer
8,939
Alfredo Rodriguez
Eagle Mountain, UT

Promising unrealistic results.

Nov 25, 2018 02:20 PM
Rainmaker
1,550,725
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Look up Cal Worthington Ford, they were big time guilty of this.

Nov 25, 2018 11:53 AM
Ambassador
3,455,874
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

 Real Estate schools that pretend to teach students - take their money and send them to the ActiveRain community to ask endless repeated questions over and over and over and over again ... and again and again. 

Nov 25, 2018 03:48 PM
Rainmaker
8,279,762
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

False statements. Study the regulations in your state.

Nov 25, 2018 01:44 PM
Rainmaker
1,329,333
Peter Mohylsky,
Property Management International-Destin - Inlet Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

Can you share those ideas when you collect the list.  I heard mishandling funds is the quickest way to end in jail.

Nov 25, 2018 01:26 PM
Rainmaker
1,649,919
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, CFSP
Big Block LPT Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Retirees Services

Anything untrue.

Nov 25, 2018 12:46 PM
Rainmaker
5,585,089
Barbara Todaro
Retired...Mentoring Newbies - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

writing a false piece of information about a property.... online or offline....it's a lie....

Nov 25, 2018 12:35 PM
Rainmaker
2,884,687
Richard Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Exaggeration either for or against, misrepresentation, alluding to, and going against your conscience warning you not to!

Nov 25, 2018 10:48 AM
Rainmaker
788,503
Peter Testa
Kiwi Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

Advertising a property at a price that will make the phone ring off the hook, only hook is that the property is not for sale. 

Nov 26, 2018 05:05 AM
Rainmaker
5,210,292
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

A very fine line between false advertising and puffing.

Nov 26, 2018 04:52 AM
Rainmaker
1,287,110
Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

being deceptive or how about saying you are licensed to sell RE and you are not

Nov 26, 2018 02:33 AM
Rainmaker
1,438,018
Joyce M. Marsh
Luxury Home Couture - Daytona Beach, FL
Joyce Marsh Homes & Design

Making false statements or misrepresenting yourself or the property. Study your exam book and good luck. 

Nov 25, 2018 10:31 PM
Rainmaker
2,071,336
Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Read your book.

Nov 25, 2018 09:06 PM
Rainmaker
1,598,552
Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

No name of the company in advertising.

But, if you look at the ads online - you would see thousand's of them.

Nov 25, 2018 07:15 PM
Ambassador
6,806,957
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

As I have said so many times, focus on the good agents, unless being a bad agent is your goal, then continue to learn about the bad ones.

Nov 25, 2018 04:29 PM
Rainmaker
809,308
Kasey & John Boles
Jon Gosche Real Estate, LLC - BoiseMeridianRealEstate.com - Boise, ID
Boise & Meridian, ID Ada/Canyon/Gem/Boise Counties

What Debe Maxwell, CRS said. Anything that is false. -Kasey

Nov 25, 2018 04:13 PM
Rainer
471,786
J.R. Schloemer
Kentucky Select Properties - Louisville, KY

Great answers here. False statements, & misrepresentation are great examples 

Nov 25, 2018 03:08 PM
Rainmaker
1,713,581
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Remember that SF is MOL.

Nov 25, 2018 03:05 PM
Ambassador
2,723,333
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

?

Nov 25, 2018 01:59 PM
Rainmaker
5,428,538
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Deja vu all over again!

Nov 25, 2018 11:49 AM
Rainmaker
5,774,217
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Telling a lie/

Nov 25, 2018 10:49 AM
Rainmaker
2,233,392
Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

You have many great answers here.

Nov 26, 2018 05:13 PM
Rainmaker
3,417,759
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

It is very rare, i see more poor attempts at advertising which is not illegal but should be, 

Nov 26, 2018 05:33 AM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

For sale signs with team names.

Top Shore Team. The team does not have a brokers license.

Nov 26, 2018 04:58 AM
Rainmaker
5,597,251
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

So many items come into play. Tell the truth and don't exaggerate!

Nov 26, 2018 04:45 AM
Rainmaker
6,077,065
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

If it isn't true, you should not advertise.   

Nov 29, 2018 05:14 PM
Rainmaker
1,046,390
Dave Martin (703) 585-4687
Local Ads Easy - Fairfax, VA
Local Exclusive Leads for Local Businesses

Second verse same as the first

I'm Enery the 8th I am Enery the 8th I am I am... LOL

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I am sorry but the explanation is in the phrase... FALSE (misleading untrue)

Nov 28, 2018 07:47 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,529
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

If it isn;t true as simple as that

Nov 28, 2018 05:59 PM
Ambassador
2,379,298
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Probably the same way as to lose a lover: Lie, cheat, steal, and all that stuff!

Nov 26, 2018 04:09 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,277
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

If it is not true.

Nov 26, 2018 04:01 PM
Rainer
425,743
Caroline Gerardo
Licensed in 20 states - Newport Beach, CA
C. G. Barbeau the Loan Lady nmls 324982

Low interest rates in the two's when they are in the fives

Even a rate off by a sixteenth is a lie.

Condition of subject written as different than they know

 

Nov 26, 2018 12:31 PM
Rainmaker
1,496,408
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Advertising another Realtor's listing to make it appear to be your listing.

Nov 26, 2018 07:06 AM
Rainmaker
934,470
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

"I am the best"; "Best value"... 4 Bedroom home, when it's not a legal bedroom and so on.

Nov 26, 2018 06:41 AM