Talk Politics? Some Brokers Are Only Too Happy to Do So.
By: Jill P. Capuzzo
Published: 3/26/2021Source: The New York TimesFeaturing Scott Stewart:
Talk Politics? Some Brokers Are Only Too Happy to Do So.
Some real estate agents seem eager to post their political views on social media. But, especially in the last year, some of those messages veered toward hate speech, leading the industry to sharpen its ethics rules.
By Jill P. Capuzzo
March 26, 2021
During election season, Nancy Kowalik, a real estate broker, proudly plants signs for local and national Republican candidates in her front yard and outside her real estate office in Mullica Hill, N.J. Step into that Main Street office and you’re likely to get an earful of Ms. Kowalik’s anti-vaccine and anti-mask views.
A scroll through her social media provides an even clearer picture of where she stands: posts bashing Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci, are interspersed with property listings, photos of happy home buyers, and a picture of her target shooting with guns she bought last summer.
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