BCFSA imposed a $5,000 administrative penalty after finding a real estate licensee failed to exercise reasonable care and skill when helping another brokerage's listing without telling the seller in writing that he wasn't acting as their agent. The notice shows how informal assistance can create implied agency concerns, and gives recipients 30 days after receipt to request reconsideration instead of treating the penalty as unchallengeable.
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Eliassi (Re), 2024 BCSRE 112
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Held. BCFSA imposed a $5,000 administrative penalty after finding a real estate licensee failed to exercise reasonable care and skill when helping another brokerage's listing without telling the seller in writing that he wasn't acting as their agent.
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