Real - Real Estate Story - Realtors Lie Constantly - DO not Believe NAR - you will LOSE

Realtors Keep Lying to Real Estate Consumers and You keep Hiring Realtors to sell your home. STOP listening to the lies that the National Association of Realtors is spewing at you.

NAR says To Buy all the Time. Who Will hold the National Association of Realtors accountability for misleading you and why do they still get to have your business. NAR has ruined your equity, your life, your finances and now they are lobbying to rescue you??? BULL.

The National Association of Realtors is avel to Legally Lie to you - there is NO Consumer Protection in Real Estate and NAR is Running the Show.

Crystal Cox
Real Estate Whistleblower

NAR

Some Say More Agents Need to Report the Things they are Seeing...

What, Report to Who? No one is listening. I suppose if enough agents tell their tale then maybe this could work, however I have seen laws broken and no way to hold a Realtor accountable, I have reported agents to their brokers, to local associations in more then one state and no one is listening. So if the Realtors "tattle" they are simply boycotted, labeled and it hurts their business.

In theory more should tell, but in praticality, it would not make Real World economic sense.

Is the Real Estate Broker Owner or Managing Broker Responsible for Agents Ethics and Integrity?

Many say that the broker is of utmost importance in addressing the enforcement issue and keeping a watchful eye on the agents that they are responsible for and that the Broker should guide them through potential ethical and legal minefields.

This is such a Crock, there is NO WAY. I tried, NAR does not Listen, local boards do not listen.. if you fire them they move on and do it elsewhere. There is no way to "enforce" anything if the Association of Realtors or State Governing body does not back up the Broker Owner. the Agent just moves on, or starts their own company.

Realtor Accountability is a serious problem and NAR is to blame. As a Broker Owner I could not get help on issues where Realtors interfered with deals, flat out lied, and even if they were my agents all i could do was let them go. And then they complain to the State and Come after me. There is no way to "guide" with out the tools, integrity and accountability backing the BROKER...

Crystal Cox

Hide the TRUTH - Keep the Real Estate Industry Running Just like it is.

It is all About Hiding the Truth. The Real Estate Lawyers tell you if you blog about, talk about, expose your case then it could hurt your case and when it turns out NOT to be TRUE who cares right the case is over and you settled and signed that you would not talk about it. This is to protect the "Realtors" and the Real Estate industry. They don't want you the Public to know about all these lawsuits that really happen so they find a way to silence the parties to the lawsuit.

This happens in Bankruptcy Courts, Real Estate Lawsuits, Latent Defects, Silent Fraud, Non-disclosure cases... if they can keep the facts quiet they can save face industry wide... oh well the attorneys win, the industry wins and the consumer get to keep being led to financial ruin, disrespect, fraud and flat out lies with NO industry Accountability.

opposed to dual agency ? Think Deeper - Get NAR out of the Real Estate Industry Period.

There are many good people out there fighting against dual agency. they have some very good points however without dual agency who works for the Seller.

You list a property and sit on your Rump while another agent sells the property. Can this agent be in the same office? If the agent is in the same office it is still Dual Agency because the Broker Owner is the One that actually owns and is responsible for the listing and if his or her agent has the buyers agent, well the Broker owner is responsible for that. Stopping Dual Agency is Not the answer to fixing the real estate industry, it will simply make it easier to justify taking a listing and doing NOTHING to actually try and sell it.

And if you advertise, for example you use a Coldwell Banker agent, and they advertise your real estate listing, well in many areas the same owner owns say a dozen Coldwell Banker with hundreds of agents, so if any of these agents bring a buyer - this is Dual Agency. If no Dual Agency you are excluding a Huge number of local Real Estate Agents.

Go further if anyone at any Coldwell Banker wordwide brings someone isn't this kind of in house and Dual Agency? And if the same Corporate Head owns ERA, Sotheby's, Coldwell Banker and Century 21, well then are ALL this In House agents not to be considered "Dual Agents". Also this Corporate Head... owns part of HomeGain and Realtor.com - so the affiliations and double dipping, the blatant anti-consumer attack goes on and on. Pretending there is really "Agency" if you get rid of Dual Agency... well that is NOT the Answer.

If no Dual Agency do these folks just want the Illusion of two separate agents where by it appears that one really does work for the Seller and one Really Does work for the Buyer?

There is No Protection for the Real Estates Consumer. There is no cut and dried process to hold ANYONE accountable in the Real Estate Transaction and the Entire industry is built on Lies, Fraud, Lack of Ethics, Lack of accountability and lack of Quality Control. This is no way means the guys and gals that are Realtors, Closing Agents and so on are bad - in fact most are not out to get you in any way, however they have no way of protecting you from those who do lie to you, do commit blatant fraud, do use affiliation and association to hurt consumers.. .. and those folks are working within the Current BROKEN real estate industry and their hands are tied....

Why do real estate attorneys suck ? Questions asked of me today..

Well, because they Can. Laws are in place but the real estate attorney gets to choose what laws they can go for, and this is the law that will convince the other side the quickest to offer a settlement. It may not be the best law for the Real Estate Consumer.

The Real Estate Attorneys Affiliations, Connections, and the high and mighty label of "Attorney" - coupled with the total lack of consumer protection in real estate and Realtor accountability means that of course real estate attorneys suck. There is no really way to simply provide proof of fraud and have the real estate systems in place currently, simply do right by the real estate consumer... it is simply not the point and not the way things work.

The Real Estate Attorneys decide what is best for you behind closed doors and amongst themselves, even more so if they know each other... the idea is to GET your money and keep you down and not let you know that if you were representing yourself that you may get there fast and have more power. The treat the consumer will little disrespect as they constantly throw up smoke screens to make you think it is all Due Process, and that they are waiting for magical discovery.. which really means that the OTHER side needs time to hide their ass-ets cuz they are guilty as hell....

the only way to win in my opinion is to TELL on them ALL... tell what the Real Estate Attorneys, the Realtors .. did to you.. EXPOSE THEM... and make the real estate industry accountable to the Real Estate Consumer that SUPPORTS it....

If the Great Real Estate Hoax is Exposed to you then the Real Estate Illusion will fall and billions of dollars created by you and in their pockets would simply vanish and we can't have that.. so shhhh... let the Attorneys decide what is best and shut up about it .. oh and don't tell YOUR STORY.. cuz we can't let that get out or the "other" real estate consumers will know it is all a hoax and they will STOP using all of us....

SHhhhhh...

Do Realtors Lie about an Offer to Keep a Listing?

This Question was asked... i Say.. of Course they do.. If a Seller is so gullible that they believe everything the Realtor says, well then so be it. The point is do you feel the Realtor is Respecting you, Protecting you, Treating you Right, Do all they can? Well then stay listed with them. If not cancel the listing (NOT Withdrawn _CANCELLED)..

It should not matter what story they tell or make up..

A Realtor can have a fake showing, write up a fake offer, it is all easy to scam the consumer or throw some sort of illusion out there. You Simply need to protect your own interest with knowledge and power, and don't worry about the lies.. of course they will ALWAYS be there..

Protect Your Own Interest...

Should I Go Tell NAR what I think of them ? Been there Done That, They don't Care...

Someone asked me If I was going the NAR convention to Bring these issues to them...

I Say.. No Way... NAR does not Care, Conventions are about new technology which means what they can sell to Realtors. NAR gets money from affiliations, vendors to sell the REALTORS stuff. And who would I talk to? the NAR president is different every year, and no one really takes the Heat because you don't really know who the Actual Names and Faces of NAR really are at the Top Billion Dollar, Profit Sharing, Money Grubbing Level..

NAR does not care about consumers and really there is no one to tell.. No one is listening.. been there done that.. so The Real Estate Consumers is where I FOCUS.. telling you what is really going on behind the closed doors of your real estate transaction so that you can make informed real estate decisions.

MLS Data is Your Data - It DOES not Belong to the Realtors

It is your Money, your blood sweat and tears, your Equity, your life and it is your SOLD price, your Loan, your Job that created MLS Data yet the Association of Realtors is allowed to Call it their own. Why?

You should be able to see this Data anytime you like. The Realtors, others wise known as the Real Estate Cartel, they should not be able to KEEP your data their secret coveted investment. NAR uses your data to lure new members, and banks and appraisers can join too, it is a fee based service and you created the content but get NO COMPENSATION. Realtors Get Commission, NAR gets dues, benefits and funds from Special Interest Groups and Affiliations, money from accreditation's - books - ads - all kinds of corporate connections and businesses and they use your data, your home photos, information, words, area information as content, as information for the MLS, as website information and something interesting to look at... NAR makes Billions from using your SOLD information over and over again, as well as your expired listings, withdrawn listings, your photos... all of this is something that is makes them relevant .. it is like it is their newspaper.. with FREE writers and they put ads on.. like it is their TV show but they pay no actors, no writers, no producers... they simply get the content (the Show - and all the actors) for FREE and they get the money from the advertisers...

See How it Works... They Use You and Give you NOTHING in Return. Not even the decency to actually enforce their whimsical Code of Ethics and their absurd Standards of Practice.

You Lose....

MLS Data Belongs to YOU the Real Estate Consumers, yet Every Greedy new company wants it to sell it back to you somehow... this is WRONG.. Very - Very Wrong...

Crystal L. Cox
Real Estate Whistleblower

Removing Dual Agency will NOT Fix the Rampant Fraud, Special Interests, Lack of Accountability, Affiliations and Flat Out lies in Real Estate.

You Sign a Listing, You Should Be Signing a Consulting Contract, anyway you sign and then you want the Listing agent to Find a buyer, Sellers call me constantly wanting to know how it is going and if I have found a buyer or any interest on their real estate for sale.

Sellers expect that in signing a listing contract with me that I will actually market and actively seek a buyer. It is appropriate that a Seller want their Agent to actually sell the real estate they kind of hire them to sell. And by kind of I mean, the Seller does not really hire the Real Estate Agent, they simply give them permission to Try and Sell the Property and to try and Make a Living from it. If the Agent Does not sell the property well then their hours of work, their time, their stress... and all that well it is lost. Another Reason that Real Estate Consulting is more of a win - win and an actual service.

If there is No Dual Agency then the Seller Hires the Realtor, and the Realtor sits and waits for another Realtor to sell the property. Sellers' don't like this and well they get down right upset, and rightfully so, at a Real Estate Agent Who does not actively market and seek a real estate buyer. If no Dual Agency then you market and Sell to other Realtors so they find a buyer, or you would pass the client of to another Realtor in the office to represent the Buyer... but this is DUAL Agency as well, for the Broker is really whose listing and buyer it really is.

Real Estate is Simple. A Buyer is looking to Buy, A Seller is Looking to Sell - you can connect on the Internet for Free, have a Title Company write up your deal.. and get on with your life. Though I recommend many things be in that contract, I don't believe your Realtor knows what you need to have in that contract to protect you. You need to know that and make sure that you are protecting yourself, no one else really cares about your fate, your quality of life or your future.

You don't need to pay FSBO Companies, you Don't Need Home Value Sites, you don't need Realtors, just put your place for sale and find a buyer. The Market is what it is, if Buyers can find you they will take a Look. The MLS and Mega Sites of Any kind are not really the best place to find you, they don't single you out, they don't provide a way for you to get FOUND, they simply create ways to get internet traffic and sell people stuff, and they use your real estate for sale to do it.

So There is currently very few Consumer Friendly options when you go to sell your home. So just do as they say, sit down and shut up and pay them.. Right?

You Should have Way more Rights and these Rights need a Way to Actually be REALLY enforced.

In a Dual Agent situation the Listing agent gets a Buyer and now they cannot tell either side anything really because they represent both. SO the Buyer and the Seller are left to fend for themselves. Some see this as bad, and well it is, however removing Dual Agency won't fix this. The Consumer in todays real estate market is really without real representation anyway.

There there desperately needs to be more tools for the real estate consumer, better ways to enforce laws and to hold Real Estate Agents and Brokerages accountable. The Real Estate Consumer needs to be empowered. Instead you are just a pawn in the games NAR plays... and NAR caters to HUGE relocation companies, insurance companies, banks, lenders and their own pocket book... so You Lose.

I say do away with "Realtor" and only have Real Estate Consultants that provide a fee based service and get paid, and far less whether the deal closes or not. This removes the major incentive to lie, to hold back adverse material facts, to commit Silent Fraud.

Take Back your Power.

Buyers Want to Buy

Sellers Want to Sell

Why all the Room for
Lies and Fraud?

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Why no Accountability?

Why are Real Estate Consumers
Not Really Being heard.

crystal cox real estate consumer advocate

So Many are Still Asking Who Represents Whom in the Real Estate Transaction

Folks, nobody represents YOU, I mean face the facts. The Realtor on both sides of the deal represent the fastest way to get this closed. Now I am not saying that all Realtors are bad or out to hurt you, but they have no way, no real training to know the Real TRUTH or to really protect you from what can and will hurt you in your real estate transaction.

If a Real Estate Agent simply does not know the kinds of things that can and do happen in real estate then how can they protect you in your real estate transaction.


We, as "Realtors" are not trained in Contract Law - we simply accept that the "Realtor Forms" the "Zipforms" are standard and are what is best to protect the real estate consumer. Though these forms are only to protect the Realtor, not the real estate consumer. And If a Real Estate Broker, such as me, is no longer a part of the National Association of Realtor, well then they do not get access to those forms. Which is wrong, are they standard, are they state and federally approved for the real estate consumer. Why not create consumer friendly forms and make them mandatory and available? .. instead the State Real Estate governing bodies make Anti-Consumer E and O insurance mandatory.

This type of activity is "affiliation" and special interest group based and is not good for the real estate industry but it protect NAR members, it protects Real Estate Agents even in the face of Proven Fraud and Flat out Laws. And Mandatory E and O insurance only benefits the insurance company and the Realtors which inturn benefits NAR. E and O insurance companies flat out lie about being there for consumers too. I have read reports where NAR representative and E and O insurance companies have pushed, petitioned, sat with, discussed.. whatever you want to call it, they tell State Boards that E and O insurance is protection from Frivolous Lawsuits and that E and O insurance is good for Consumers as Well as Realtors, when this is not based in Fact of any kind. My E and O insurance tells me that my E and O insurance is not intented to protect my consumer but to protect me. Yet big companies Flat Out Lie to State Governments when they FORCE mandatory E and O insurance to get their pockets lined with your Blood Sweat and Tears.. Money...

Realtor do not really have REAL training to really be of a Higher Standard that REALLY does benefet the Real Estate Consumer. If you don't know how to watch your own back, well then You Lose.

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Filing for Bankruptcy the Day Before Your Foreclosure Auction to Hold of the Auction

A Different President for NAR every Year, Why?

Why would such a supposedly reputable Association in the best interest supposedly of the Real Estate Consumer have a new president every year. A new face to push the Political Agenda, the Special Interest of Insurance Companies and Major companies like HomeGain, Realogy and Cendant.. all those in the Cartel that owns Realtor.com - they are all affiliated and YOU, the Real Estate Consumer... well YOU LOSE...

the Folks at the TOP of the NAR food chain that make tons of money off of you REALLY believe that NAR is of a Higher Standard, well they answer to no one.. and not ONE particular person takes the Heat for too long because they change the face of their lies, of their association every year.

You don't really know who is making all that money do you or what they are really selling?

NAR wants you to use Realtors to Sell you other stuff, to sell Realtors other Stuff and this Real Estate Illusion, this Real Estate Hoax is based on you actually believing that using a Realtor is a Real Service, is of a Higher Standard and that NAR at the State, Local, National and International level actually holds it's members to the "Higher Standards" that you believe they are all about.

A different president... they say Buy Buy Buy.. and are NOT held accountable when you LOSE it all.. they say let's get that lending money back on track, they push their clout and agenda in the name of big business and not one thing about NAR is consumer friendly. NAR is NOT of a higher standard. I really wanted to be of this SUPPOSED "Higher Standard" but I had no real way to do so when the Brokers who lied, committed fraud, violated ethics and Standards of Practice were in no way held accountable.

Do NOT believe one ad campaign that the National Association of Realtors puts out, NONE of it is true and is simply propaganda to make you think that you NEED a Realtor, that a Realtor can Protect you and that a Realtor offers a REAL service... none of this is true..

Crystal L. Cox
Ex-Realtor
Real Estates Broker Owner
www.RealEstateIndustryWhistleblower.com

STOP Using Realtors....