What a Big Waste of Time for Us. I would advise any citizen, NEVER to file a complaint, against a real estate agency, or any other company, with the Montant Department of Labor and Industry.
You will just end up spinning your wheels for months, getting treated badly and NEVER getting any type of justice.
Read our Story and See:
My husband and I had a contract on our home in Maine. We wanted to buy a home in Montana. This was back in June, 2019. I saw a home listed by a real estate firm - Clearwater Montana properties. I contacted the two agents who listed the home.
I was assured that they would represent us as customers and would handle any offer I made. I got a call from one of the agents urging me to make an offer on the home because another offer might come in. I e-mailed a fair offer of $ 255,000 on a home priced at $ 270,000.
I wrote the offer up carefully and asked them to submit it to the seller for consideration. I asked the agents to formally write it up after the seller had time to consider it. To my shock and surprise, I got an immediate e-mail reply, from them, that they WOULD NOT SUBMIT MY OFFER. Also, that I should find OTHER REPRESENTATION.
You see, dear readers, these two unethical agents were trying to get a higher offer by pitting one buyer against another. Thus, I lost the house and when the buyers for our Maine home saw I did not have a contract, they walked away from the deal we had with them.
I AM SURE, DEAR READERS, YOU WILL AGREE WHAT THEY DID TO US WAS UNETHICAL.
I tried to file a complaint with the Association of Realtors in Butte, Montana - which was close to where the 2 agents lived and practiced real estate. The director there, Judy Kivela, said she could not take my complaint because one of the realtors was not a member of her board.
She advised me to file a complaint with the Gallatin Board of Realtors. After doing so and providing all documentation, that Board - headed by Steve Candler - failed to handle the complaint and did not even send me a Letter of Acknowledgement.
It turned out, they refused the complaint and sent it back to Judy Kivela.
SEE A REVIEW I WROTE UP, ON THIS RIP OFF REPORT SITE ON THE GALLATIN BOARD OF REALTORS LAST YEAR.
This Judy Kivela then advised me to file a formal complaint with the Montana Department of Labor.
This is where the real horror begins:
I did file the complaint back in August, 2019. After all the work and time I put into the complaint - including a tape of a message left to me by one of the realtors, urging me to make an offer on the home, I got the run around from the very start.
The two women in charge - Sarah Braden and Shelley Gloege - treated me in a most unprofessional manner. It was clear to me, from the start, that both of these Government Workers - had no intention of taking my complaint in any serious manner. It was also my opinion, that - like most Government Agencies - they fail to help the citizen.
First, there was supposed to be a MEETING of the BOARD on January 15, 2020. I was assured, I would be called that morning to listen in and given an opportunity to answer any questions the board might have.
Montana Department of Labor and Industry Reviews
What a Big Waste of Time for Us. I would advise any citizen, NEVER to file a complaint, against a real estate agency, or any other company, with the Montant Department of Labor and Industry.
You will just end up spinning your wheels for months, getting treated badly and NEVER getting any type of justice.
Read our Story and See:
My husband and I had a contract on our home in Maine. We wanted to buy a home in Montana. This was back in June, 2019. I saw a home listed by a real estate firm - Clearwater Montana properties. I contacted the two agents who listed the home.
I was assured that they would represent us as customers and would handle any offer I made. I got a call from one of the agents urging me to make an offer on the home because another offer might come in. I e-mailed a fair offer of $ 255,000 on a home priced at $ 270,000.
I wrote the offer up carefully and asked them to submit it to the seller for consideration. I asked the agents to formally write it up after the seller had time to consider it. To my shock and surprise, I got an immediate e-mail reply, from them, that they WOULD NOT SUBMIT MY OFFER. Also, that I should find OTHER REPRESENTATION.
You see, dear readers, these two unethical agents were trying to get a higher offer by pitting one buyer against another. Thus, I lost the house and when the buyers for our Maine home saw I did not have a contract, they walked away from the deal we had with them.
I AM SURE, DEAR READERS, YOU WILL AGREE WHAT THEY DID TO US WAS UNETHICAL.
I tried to file a complaint with the Association of Realtors in Butte, Montana - which was close to where the 2 agents lived and practiced real estate. The director there, Judy Kivela, said she could not take my complaint because one of the realtors was not a member of her board.
She advised me to file a complaint with the Gallatin Board of Realtors. After doing so and providing all documentation, that Board - headed by Steve Candler - failed to handle the complaint and did not even send me a Letter of Acknowledgement.
It turned out, they refused the complaint and sent it back to Judy Kivela.
SEE A REVIEW I WROTE UP, ON THIS RIP OFF REPORT SITE ON THE GALLATIN BOARD OF REALTORS LAST YEAR.
This Judy Kivela then advised me to file a formal complaint with the Montana Department of Labor.
This is where the real horror begins:
I did file the complaint back in August, 2019. After all the work and time I put into the complaint - including a tape of a message left to me by one of the realtors, urging me to make an offer on the home, I got the run around from the very start.
The two women in charge - Sarah Braden and Shelley Gloege - treated me in a most unprofessional manner. It was clear to me, from the start, that both of these Government Workers - had no intention of taking my complaint in any serious manner. It was also my opinion, that - like most Government Agencies - they fail to help the citizen.
First, there was supposed to be a MEETING of the BOARD on January 15, 2020. I was assured, I would be called that morning to listen in and given an opportunity to answer any questions the board might have.
More later.