REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DISCIPLINE DECISION
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004 ch. 42
AND in the matter of a Consent Order pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: Rickie Charles Walters
File: 10-044
Date of Consent Order: December 29, 2011
Issue: Rickie Charles Walters, representative, Action Realty (1991) Ltd. dba Re/Max Action Realty, Fort St. John, entered into a Consent Order with the Council that he committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that he, as buyers’ agent in the purchase of property on Preston Road in Fort St. John, by way of a September 24, 2009 Contract of Purchase and Sale, failed to promptly pay or deliver to the brokerage the deposit cheque provided by the buyers to Mr. Walters on or about October 29, 2009, in accordance with section 27(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act and sections 3-3(1)(a) and 3-4 of the Council Rules.
Result: Rickie Charles Walters was reprimanded and ordered to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Feb 3, 2012 R: Feb 3, 2013