After speaking with a few people that frequent the Real Estate forum and discussing the best plan for moderation within this particular forum, we have decided to make a couple of adjustments.

Last year, TexAgs made a moderation decision to disallow posts about specific listings of real esate for sale. The decision was made after tracking a number of users who simply used the forum to promote their business in the real estate world.

We have a number of sponsors who identify with the real estate market on our forums Traditions, AgsReward, Capital Farm Credit, Robinson Team, Millican Reserve and River Valley Real Estate and it is unfair to have random real estate agents promoting their business for free.

However, we also realize it's unfair to you as a TexAgs user to limit the topics of discussion on this forum. We want this to be a place where you can talk about, find and even critique particular listings that you come across. It would also be beneficial to some of you to be able to "list your property" on this forum.

There is obviously a thin line when it comes to determining abuse of the forum rules, which is why we've been working on a way to make this forum the best it can be.

Therefore, starting now, TexAgs will allow people to post their private properties that are for sale or lease, by owner, on this forum. With that said, here are the guidelines for those posts:

1. No 'Rookie' or 'Pro' status poster will be allowed to post real estate for sale or lease.
2. No real estate agent will be allowed to post their listings, unless it has been approved.
3. There are no limits on the allowed number of posts listing properties. However, if we determine someone is abusing the system, we will remove those posts.
4. We are asking you, the community, to monitor this as well. If you feel a post or poster is violating the community's good faith, flag said post.

We want the Real Estate forum to be a place you can gather in conversation and utilize everyone's knowledge about different topics for your betterment. We also want people to be able to benefit from the great audience that visits this forum.

Thanks & gig 'em!

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TexAgs will allow people to post their private properties that are for sale or lease, by owner, on this forum.

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So, if it's for sale or lease by a poster through an agent, is that ok? Or, are only For Sale By Owner listings allowed?

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We want this to be something where individual posters can utilize our forums to their benefits. This is not for agents to list their properties and enhance their business.

For sale by owner is allowed. No agent listings should be posted to this forum without the consent from TexAgs.

Thank you for asking.

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I read it to mean agents can't post their own listings.

I guess I don't see the distinction between an owner posting a fsbo or posting their mls listing.

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You are correct.

Agents cannot post their listings for business purposes. If a poster is trying to sell his/her home, they can post it on here, whether it is FSBO or the MLS listing.

Yes. This is still the policy