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Any school that teaches 21 ways to screw up your career may be guilty of false advertising.
We generally get what we focus on, and when you focus on bad agents you will find plenty of them and likely become one.
Change your focus to the good agents... and become one.
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
1,052,211
Mainstream media is especially annoying. LOL
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
938,537
All forms of false advertising pale in comparison to the granddaddies of them all, which have multiplied our real estate business expenses dearly in the last eight years:
"If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor".
"If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
1,196,798
Go to Craigs List and you'll see all kinds of advertising that are scams
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
3,727,873
Nothing really false - maybe a wee bit of puffery now and then.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
5,230,113
Nothing that I've seen.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
758,035
Yes, Yard signs that say WE BUY HOUSES> targeting distressed properties "any condition, cash now" It's deceptive advertising. They are going to severely lowball you if you have equity in the house. If you are a short sale you may be offered some fee-related services by their 3rd party provider.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
5,104,931
I haven't seen any and this is not what would upset me.
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
2,436,099
As far as I know, I haven't seen any examples of false advertising.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
883,732
they were mostly political.....
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,684,109
Nothing lately.
I don't get upset.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,844,301
I actually haven't seen much of that lately. Most of it is on the internet.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,434,127
3,345,091
I wish you all the best with your real estate studies!
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,751,129
Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head. Lots in fields other than real estate.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,374,373
3,416,038
False advertising is actually rare. I like to focus on the positive. There is much more "lack of effort" things i see like no pictures in MLS or no description
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,182,552
Exaggerating the Condition of the property !
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,216,409
How do you delineate false from puffing? Maybe the smell test!
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
3,986,258
4,936,705
5,868,554
468,742
921,504
7,836,169
1,311,397
The local agent who puts the "Neighborhood Expert" rider on his signs no matter where he has a listing is guilty of false advertising.
1,502,998
Nothing that I can recall, but I don't really pay attention to what others do. I tend to focus on what I do and to do it well.
The worst false advertising I did see recently was the purposefully deceptive descriptions of several ballot measures in the recent CA election. That "grinds my gears" as Peter Griffin would say.
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the list is too long....and it all begins with agents and their false self promotion labeling them as the #1 agent....
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Like what was mentioned here in other comments good old craigslist offers its daily dose of false advertising!
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2,781,173
Marketing usually houses the false and less accurate claims. All are disliked
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Arianna,
This is not the Enquirer version of real estate. The last thing you need to focus on is abject stupidity of others. On Active Rain, everyone is striving for excellence and that is where your focus should be. A
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Agent profile pictures in advertising... we see it every day Arianna Kokol . Regretfully there is no fine for it .