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Originally Posted by gomoho
Village sales agents are licensed to sell real estate for the developer. REALTORS are licensed to sell real estate representing either a buyer or seller and bound to the REALTOR code of ethics. If they violate that code they can lose their license - I'm quite sure as long as a Village sales agent is producing he's golden. Hopefully most of them are honest people; however I would chose a REALTOR over a sales person any day if given the choice. They work very hard for their money - not handed to them on a silver platter.
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Sorry to inform you but part of what you have written is incorrect and is part of the confusion and myth of Realtors. Realtors are simply members of a private Realtors club. Their private code of ethics have nothing to do with the state real estate license law. They can lose their membership in the club but has nothing to do with the state real estate law unless it happens to address the same items or issue in question. They cannot lose their license by violating the club code of ethics. It is being in violation of the state real estate law that can have their license revoked if convicted by the state real estate commission.
There is no place in the Florida real estate license law where the word Realtor is mentioned except as a definition.
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/frec.html
It's time to end this confusion that has persisted for decades.
State of Florida definition of a Realtor (see page 49):
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr...AQs_102012.pdf
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