The Board of REALTORS® mission
is to support our members by providing services to enhance their ability to
conduct businesses ethically, competently and with integrity.
The Board of REALTORS® Litmus Test for Decision-Making
Does it help Berkshire REALTORS® succeed in business?
Does it foster professionalism, high ethical behavior and/or
outstanding client service?
Does it build alliances among the REALTOR® community
and/or with other organizations?
Does it provide adequate opportunity for input from members
and clear direction for staff?
Does it position us for the future, increasing our value
in the eyes of the members?
Does it increase the pride of being a member of the Berkshire
REALTOR® Association?
The REALTOR Promise: As REALTORS® we Pledge…
To strive to be honorable and to abide by the Golden Rule;
To strive to serve well my community, and through it, my
country;
To abide by the REALTORS'® Code of Ethics and to strive
to conform my conduct to its aspirational ideals;
To act honestly in all real estate dealings;
To protect the individual right of real estate ownership
and to widen the opportunity to enjoy it;
To seek better to represent my clients by building my knowledge
and competence.
Fair Housing Declaration. As REALTORS®, We Agree:
To provide equal professional service without regard to
the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin
of any prospective client, customer, or the residents of any community
To keep informed about fair housing law and practices,
improving my clients’ and customers’ opportunities and my business.
To develop advertising that indicates that everyone is
welcome and no one is excluded; expanding my clients’ and customers’
opportunities to see, buy or lease property.
To inform my clients and customers about their rights and
responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other
information.
To document my efforts to provide professional service,
which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.
To refuse to tolerate noncompliance.
To learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate
those differences.
To take a positive approach to fair housing practices and
aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law.
To develop and implement fair housing practices for my
firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.
Founding Principals:
The founding principals
of membership in the Board of REALTORS® can be found in our Code
of Ethics.
Berkshire County Board of Realtors® -
99 West Street, Suite 200 Pittsfield, MA 01201-5845 413-442-8049 Sandra
J. Carroll, Chief Executive Officer - Sue
O'Brien, Member Services Administrator- Stacy Buhl, Office Clerk
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