Article 25 defines a real estate broker as an individual or an entity, who with intent to collect or receive a fee, compensation, or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, provides or offers to provide market analyses, lists or offers or attempts to list, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange or mortgage of real estate, or negotiates for the construction of a building on real estate; who leases or offers or rents or offers for rent real estate or the improvements on the real estate for others, as a whole or partial vocation; who engages in property management as a whole or partial vocation; who sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, leases or offers to lease, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of a business, business opportunity, or the goodwill of an existing business for others; or who, as owner or otherwise, engages in the sale of real estate as a principal vocation."

If you're going to engage in illegal activities to make money, there are any number of more profitable alternatives than bandit signs.

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If they state that they've been a past drug user and were convicted on that offense, but are now clean, then they are protected.Of course, if they engage in illegal drug use while a tenant, that is grounds for eviction.

NOW if you are hiding things or misrepresenting in your contracts they YES, you will be actively engaging in fraud, but as much as Freddie Mac want to cry wolf, they can't sue me for double closing if I've disclosed it in my contracts.

The reason the more sophisticated note sellers do not want to engage an intermediary is that they can go direct to the source (direct buyers) themselves and avoid the middleman fee.

At best, this agent is incompetent and engages in ongoing marketing because she is unable to retain solid referrals.We can disagree about the nuances of the ARV and financials but anyone that explicity states they would refuse even if "paid by the hour" is not operating from a standpoint of reason.While her underlying contention was the structure guaranteed no income she even rejects the polar opposite.Robert, this isn't unhappiness but rather open hostility.

Unless everyone must attend the guru wannabe speaker session, engage someone in a conversation and stay outside of the meeting room.

My wife and I are at a company that is middle of the road... they are in Lake Oswego not sure were you at.. but the owners are all engaged in the business.. the manager is an attorney so she is super sharp.... and they are just really good people.Plus they have a lead program..