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Fizbomap In Idaho Statesman
Posted by Matt Newbill in News, Consumer Rights on March 9th, 2007
Fizbomap made the paper today. We were featured in an article about the proposed real estate minimum service law (House Bill No. 135). You can read the entire article here.
My favorite part: John Eaton backpedaling or was that a moonwalk?
“It’s not anti-competitive and not as big of a deal as some people are trying to make it,” Eaton said.
So, let me get this straight. It’s not a big deal, but yet the U.S. Department of Justice made a special visit to Boise, ID to talk about it? Seems to me like it is a big deal despite IAR’s dismissal.
He also goes on to say:
“The bill would protect consumers from being abandoned by agents who offer limited services and aren’t available if needed.”
And also states that there have been complaints. Turns out, he can’t cite any specific numbers. Hmm. He states there are complaints of consumers being abandoned but can’t cite any numbers? That’s weird. Maybe there isn’t any data to support this? I can’t imagine that the Real Estate Commission would overlook these complaints.
The biggest backpedal was when Eaton stated:
“What the bill says is that the agent must ‘be available’ to send and receive counter offers,” Eaton said. “This does not mean they must do these things if clients do not want them to.”
Even though the language in the proposed bill states:
“a brokerage shall have the obligation to be available to the customer to receive and timely present all written offers and counter offers.” The bill says these duties are mandatory and cannot be waived by a customer.
So, Eaton says it CAN be waived, and the law says it CAN’T. Which is it?
I don’t feel like he’s being honest with us. What do you think? Post your comments below.
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