him to cancel our contract and advised him to create an LLC so she could write the deal in a way that wouldn’t be traced back to him. In other words, so I wouldn’t know. He followed her advice. The property closed. Without me.
I reached out to the governing board of real estate agents, hoping there would be some recourse, or at the very least, acknowledgment that what happened crossed a line. Instead, I was told they don’t get involved in commission disputes. This, in an industry that requires ongoing ethics
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training just to maintain a license. It left me feeling like the rules only apply when they’re convenient, and that doing the right thing doesn’t necessarily protect you from being taken advantage of. What’s been harder to shake is not just the financial loss, but the sense of being played. I did everything I was supposed to do, and it didn’t matter. And now I find myself in a position I never expected to be in. I have information. Enough to damage this agent’s reputation in a way that would be difficult for her to recover from. It wouldn’t be loud or obvious. It would be quiet, calculated, and very effective. And, as far as I can tell, it wouldn’t come back to me.
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I don’t like that I’m even considering it. But I also don’t like the idea that she walks away from this without consequence, collecting not only her commission, but effectively mine as well, while I absorb the loss and am expected to call it “part of the business.” So I keep circling the same question. If you have the opportunity to quietly ruin someone who knowingly did something wrong, and no one would ever know it was you, is it still wrong to take it? — Playing Fair in an Unfair Game
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