It's not at all unusual for companies to have conflict of interest and ethical contracts or stipulations for its employees or associated vendors. 

It's crucial that we continuously educate ourselves to ensure we're conducting business legally, ethically, and in a manner that's truly trustworthy and beneficial for all involved.

Michael, I believe it's against the "code of ethics", which, essentially means nothing.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

Perhaps Lifestyles ethics got lost on the way to Houston.

She was unprofessional, deceitful, and lacks any ethical back bone.

I assume those bills are for water & sewer, and sewer is generally higher than water, so the total overage to you is probably just a few hundred dollars in reality once the City adjusts off the sewer.To me, every tenancy has a stack of legal requirements and ethical/moral requirements, and they don't always overlap.

For reasons of personal ethics, I chose to only bid on properties for which the address of the named owner is some location other than the subject property, thus drastically decreasing the likelihood that I would be evicting someone from their home.

If you don't and the seller feels "ripped off" after you assign it and make a profit, they will come after your license and have a good shot at it.This also makes it more challenging to be fair, honest and ethical with a seller.

In fact your agent is required by the Code of Ethics SOP 1-13 to tell you that the seller and listing agent will not keep the terms of your offer confidential.