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Putting priority on ethics in the real estate industry.(INSIDERS OUTLOOK)

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From: Real Estate Weekly
Date: 20051109
Author:Maltz, John

Some may laugh, some may comment, what ethics?

Ambrose Bierce, a noted 19th century pundit, observed that "all professions are a conspiracy against the laymen." Possibly he quipped this to his good friend, Brian G. Hughes, the noted turn-of-the-last century real estate dealer/banker.

However, if your daily experiences are examined, that comment rings true for any profession whose code of conduct is governed by "situational ethics."

The real estate brokerage industry in most every State, and certainly New York, is examined, licensed, and overseen by one agency or ...

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