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You see a similar thing with real estate in equal housing. I wasn't aware of how strict the standards were for this stuff until I took the license courses last
by brightball 8y ago
You see a similar thing with real estate in equal housing. I wasn't aware of how strict the standards were for this stuff until I took the license courses last year.
If you have a real estate office and somebody walks in, you might offer them a cup of coffee. If another person walks in later and you forget to offer it to them, and that person is part of a protected class...you've just violated equal housing.
This is why a lot of real estate offices will put out drinks, snacks and coffee with a "help yourself" sign now.
Well over half of the course was basically "how not to get sued."
- KingMob 8y agoWell, after decades of things like redlining, I'm ok with the industry trying hard not to discriminate.
- brightball 8y agoWhile I agree, I was just shocked by the amount of legal stuff around realtors that basically keeps them from being able to be helpful. It has a huge effect on the perception of the profession because people are forbidden from really distinguishing themselves out of fear that a wrong word can get them sued (not just for equal housing but tons of other stuff).
- shortoncash 8y agoI suppose we're fortunate that almost all of the information we want is on the web now. The age when it wasn't on the web was really terrible.