The High Road: Real estate agent breaks law

(flickr photo by Taran Rambersad)

I somehow came across an unsigned ad on Craigslist begging for referrals:

I am a real estate agent.  I offer a referral fee to someone that is well connected and may know people looking to rent an apartment in the city.

Maintaining that “I honestly believe in collaboration as oppose [sic] to pure competition,” this agent says he’ll pay 15 percent for up to $2,690 in monthly rent and 20 percent for more expensive apartments.  The advertiser continues:

Payment will be done through Paypal.

After you contact me, I will email you the link to my personal and corpotate [sic] website and all my contact information.

We should also discuss details over the phone.

Well now, that’s what I call Continue reading