Be careful advertising services as free – Texas REALTORS®-2021十大正规彩票app

December 01, 2022

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It doesn’t just mean the client isn’t paying you.

Texas REALTORS® has received many questions on a 2022 revision to NAR’s Code of Ethics.

Standard of Practice 12-1 now says: REALTORS® must not represent that their brokerage services to a client or customer are free or available at no cost to their clients, unless the REALTOR® will receive no financial compensation from any source for those services.

This change makes it clear that if REALTORS® are receiving compensation from any source, such as a buyer’s agent getting paid from the seller or the listing agent, they cannot say their services are free or at no cost.

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