The 10 Best and Worst Real Estate Practices

Real estate agents representing properties in states where they are not licensed, lying about other interested buyers or offers pending on a property, or failing to identify themselves as agents in their marketing and advertising efforts are among the practices that are most objectionable to real estate practitioners, according to an Inman News survey.

Agents who continue to market already-sold properties in order to attract new clients, and agents who do not identify themselves as agents in online conversations also top the list in drawing opposition from fellow real estate professionals, the survey found.

The good news: Real estate professionals say that such practices are not the norm.

Among the five practices listed above, which at least 85 percent of all respondents agreed are "unacceptable," none was selected as "common" by more than one-third of survey participants.