HAWAIIAN REALTORS – Code of Ethics
NOT ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE REALTORS but all Realtors subscribe to the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics. A person of good character who passes an accredited real estate sales persons course can apply to the state of Hawaii to take a test. Passing the state and national standards, may allow that person to be awarded a license to practice real estate under the guidance of a Licensed Broker. That makes him or her a Real Estate Agent.
IF THE BROKER IS A REALTOR, a member of the National Association of Realtors, all agents who work for that broker are required to join as Realtor Associates. Both Realtors and Realtor Associates subscribe to the same Code of Ethics you’ve heard so much about. Shall we look at an abbreviated form of that Code?
NAR CODE OF ETHICS
Duties to Clients and Customers
A1. Protect, promote interest of client; honesty to customers
A2. Avoid exaggeration, misrepresentation, concealment; Don’t advise outside your area of expertise
A3. Cooperate with other brokers
A4. Avoid conflict in selling, buying property
A5. Disclose any conflict if providing service
A6. Don’t accept rebate without client’s consent
A7. Don’t accept compensation from more than one party
A8. Don’t commingle client’s money with yours
A9. Reduce all agreements to writing; be clear, specific
Duties to Public
A10. No discrimination
A11. Conform to standard of practice of your discipline
A12. Truthful advertising
A13. Avoid practicing law, recommend counsel
A14. Cooperate in any proceeding or investigation
Duties to Realtors
A15. Don’t malign competitors
A16. Don’t interfere with another agent’s legal relationship
A17. Submit disputes to arbitration
I AM PLEASED TO BE A REALTOR! Accepting and aspiring to live up to these professional standards makes me a better agent and a better person.
Joyce Murphy, Realtor Broker BIC
Accredited Luxury Home Specialist
Hawaiian Isle Real Estate LLC and Luxury Real Estate Florida, Inc.
“In Real Estate, Experience Counts!”
808-443-4302 / 808-327-1155
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