The Real Estate Commission is a Stain on the Virgin Islands

Posted by: @tree-cat

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Thanks to vicanuk’s nagging, I started off the page telling folks not to read the whole blog.

Nagging...lol!

To those of you who have been following my blog, there are new updates. After the Real Estate Commission’s letter that essentially said, “GET LOST” that I responded to with my own snappy letter, the DLCA’s lawyer responded within the hour. This was a record setting time for anything I’ve gone through. In my usual slow time, I responded to her letter. Her letter and my response are on the blog.

You never know with the REC if you’ll ever hear from them again without getting the help of a senator or two. If I do, I’ll post it on the blog. Currently, I am composing a letter to the Governor. DOES ANYBODY KNOW HIS EMAIL ADDRESS? Plus the email addresses of any of his staff that have the time to actually read emails, I doubt if the Governor has enough time to read every email that somebody sends to him.

Hi All

I’ve added the DLCA’s attorney’s worthless response; to which I added my newest response to her. Please bear in mind, I respond to her and the Real Estate Commission but I’m really writing all this for the public. That’s the reason for the blog. The REC is desperate to remain hidden. But I want to turn up the light.

So, if you know of someone who would like to see corruption stomped out in the Virgin Island, please share the link above with them. Or, if you’re on some other social media where you think the readers might consider my blog worth looking at, please post it.

If you think any govt agency is corrupt you should contact the Inspector General's office. They are under new progressive leadership now and suspected corruption allegations should be brought to their attention. Remember there is a difference between corruption and incompetence  

To stcmike – Thanks for the info. It’s amazing how much I’ve learned going through this miserable journey.

It’s interesting that you mention incompetence. The VI Senate was wise enough to include in the possible reasons for revocation of a broker’s license, incompetency.

(6) any conduct in a real estate transaction which demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, untrustworthiness or incompetency, 

They knew that by only saying dishonesty, brokers would try to plead “honest incompetence” when they were accused of lying or giving false information. Something like, “I had no idea” or “How was I supposed to know that?” So, the Senate wisely included incompetency to avoid this opportunity for a broker to cover a lie with another lie.

Therefore, if a broker can lose his license for incompetency, shouldn’t the REC, who oversees those brokers, face some reckoning for the same wrongdoing?

Read your blog and seems you are sinking into the bureaucratic swamp of most govt agencies.  The blog was hard to follow as I kept coming back to what exactly is the nature of your complaint?  Perhaps for legal reasons you can't divulge the details, but without the accusations articulated, it's tough for the average citizen to follow.   

Hi VIpirate

Thanks for responding. No, I don’t have any legal reasons preventing me from divulging details. And I am eager to answer questions from concerned or merely curious citizens. Plus I would love to have vimovingcenter contributors express any and all opinions. So, here is what I am currently trying to do.

When I started the blog it was simply a location that I could share that included all my documents. I was chronicling my attempts to seek justice from a real estate broker who cheated me. It was meant to demonstrate the futility of my attempts due to all the roadblocks. I understand your confusion because over the years my goal has morphed from battling the broker to battling the Real Estate Commission who for some reason is protecting this broker.

A real estate broker commits fraud – so what, it probably occurs with some regularity; not very interesting. However, the group of people, appointed by the Governor, who are supposed to protect the public from unscrupulous brokers, instead protect those same unscrupulous brokers from the public who they have cheated, NOW THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

Exposing the Real Estate Commission’s corruption is my new goal. Stcmike suggested the Inspector General’s Office. I’m no expert at what I’m trying to do. I might have heard the phrase inspector general but I had no idea what they did. Nor did I ever think of contacting them. Well, it turns out stcmike was absolutely right. Check them out.

https://www.viig.org/

I have contacted them and I’m awaiting a response. I will keep you informed. Meanwhile, I appreciate folks reading and sharing my blog. As of September 7^th, the number of times my blog has been accessed is 1576. And of course, it would be very helpful if anyone can share their concern or my blog address with a Senator. I feel that this whole mess could be exposed and put on the path to being fixed by a concerned senator.

p.s. Like I said in “If you are thinking of moving to the Virgin Islands, read this”, sbrewingcompany is an AI bot that needs to go, Mr. Moderator. Its summations are quaint but not written by a human.

Wow...just saw that the house sold recently! Crazy step up in value!

 Yes, vicanuk, the kids did well and are planning to visit us; hint, hint. We can put the Debs on it.