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Every month this section will feature a new sample case from the Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual. Here is July's sample case:
Case #2-19: Deceptive Information in MLS Compilations
Realtor® R searched the MLS compilation of current listings on behalf of his client. Dr. Z, who had recently completed his residency and was returning home to take a position on the staff of the community hospital. Realtor® R's search returned several listings that satisfied Dr. Z's requirements, including a two-story residence listed with Realtor® B that showed, in the "Remarks" section of the property data from "Pay your mortgage with rent from the apartment upstairs."
Realtor® R attached the listings he'd identified to an e-mail message that he sent to Dr. Z. A day later, Realtor® R received a call from Dr. Z who told him there was something about Realtor® B's listing that struck him as odd. "That house is in the neighborhood I grew up in," said Dr. Z, "I also remember our neighbors having a problem with the Building Department when they added a kitchen on the second floor so their grandmother could have her own apartment."
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