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September/October 1974
 
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CYNTHIA W. KITTENDORF

At the end of his chapter on "Building and Health Codes", reprinted in MOTHER NO. 28, Les Scher listed three organizations that make up building codes and can be consulted on the requirements for various aspects of a construction project. Since the excerpt appeared, Les has sent MOTHER three further addresses to be added to that list:

(The National Building Code)
National Board of Fire Underwriters
85 John Street
New York, N.Y. 10805

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(The Basic Building Code of America)
Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA)
1313 E. 60th Street
Chicago, III. 60637

(The Uniform Building Code)
Southern Building Code Congress
3617 8th Avenue South
Birmingham, Ala. 35212

I've just finished reading "Real Estate Agents, Realtors and Salesmen"—a chapter from Les Scher's Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country— in MOTHER NO. 27. After allowing myself a lengthy and anguished "Arrggh!" over the author's numerous mistakes, misconceptions and obvious unfamiliarity with the entire field, I now set out to write a rebuttal.

First of all, I am a realtor . I'm not a "swamp-peddler", as they used to be known in this neck of the Florida woods, nor do I stay awake nights dreaming of ways to defraud the innocent of their hard-earned dollars. Actually, those Mr. Scher would have us believe are skulking around every corner—waiting to lie, misrepresent facts and deceive us about our little plot of earth—are few in number and becoming fewer still. This state publishes a monthly list of those who have had their licenses suspended or revoked for all sorts of malpractices. To condemn an entire profession on the strength of isolated examples is absurd.

The realtor has labored long and hard to obtain his professional status. To blow it by stating to some poor soul that a babbling brook runs through the land the "victim" intends to buy—when, in fact, that brook is on a neighbor's property—is not only insane, it's fraud and misrepresentation. Know what can happen when you pull a cute trick like that? You can lose your license, period.

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