“Dear PoPville,

I am listing my DC property for sale at the end of August. I am wondering how DC area realtors have generally responded to the recent ruling involving the National Association of Realtors and commission structures. I think something goes into effect on 8/17 so maybe things haven’t really changed yet but I’m wondering if anyone has seen anything noteworthy in conjunction with the ruling. “


“Dear PoPville,

I wanted to flag a weird situation that unfolded on my doorstep last night (Monday) and see if anyone else has had this happen. A little past 9pm a man came to our door and rang the doorbell a couple of times (which seemed kind of aggressive, especially considering we have one of those signs on our door asking people not to ring the bell bc of the sleeping baby). When we answered the door the man claimed to be from DC Air Quality Control and said that he was following up on a request made about our address. He seemed to be hinting that someone had lodged a complaint that we were responsible for. He quickly flashed a badge but it was dark and he never identified himself by name.

Nothing about this seemed legit so we asked him to leave and told him (more…)


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