Grasso v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The court below construed our Real Estate Brokers License Act so that it would apply only to persons in connection with an agency transaction and would not apply to a person who was selling his own property. In our judgment, there can be no justification of an interpretation of the licensing act -which would allow a broker to be honest as a broker and dishonest as a property owner. A broker who is dishonest or incompetent in the real estate activities in which he is involved as owner, is not likely to be honest or competent in his activities which are purely brokerage in nature. The purpose of real estate licensure is to bar the dishonest or incompetent from entry into this occupation____ Our licensing law requires an individual broker applicant to furnish to the commission evidence of his “honesty, truthfulness, and good repute.” Section 7(b) of the Real Estate Brokers License Act, 63 P.S. §437(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schoenhut v. Commonwealth, State Real Estate Commission