Author Bios
Columnist Bruce Aydt, ABR®, CRB, is senior vice president and general counsel of Prudential Alliance, REALTORS®, in St. Louis and a former chair of the Professional Standards Committee for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. You can send him your ethics questions at ethics@realtors.org.
A reader writes in to ask what the Code has to say about disclosing the possibility of a short sale in the future.
Why do some real estate practitioners and buyers insist on presenting offers verbally? Shouldn’t all offers and counteroffers be in writing? Is presenting an oral offer a violation of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Code of Ethics?
Bruce Aydt receives hundreds of questions a year from REALTORS® who are confronting various ethical dilemmas. Here are some of the most prevalent problems that he's seen in the past year.
Is it OK to advertise a free home warranty or $500 back at closing in order to attract more clients? What are the restrictions, if any?
