Helping someone reach a major milestone can create financial ties that last longer than expected. Make sure co-signers understand what that could mean.

The Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual (Manual) doesn?t list mother-in-law as a relationship that Realtors must disclose. Yet, after my mother-in-law submitted the highest offer on a property and it was accepted, the seller later filed an ethics complaint alleging that I should have disclosed our relationship. Was I wrong?

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