Rules of the Forum ***PLEASE READ***

[Chief Tutor]

Hey All,

I have been reading how people are confused about the rules of the forum. Below I have outlined a number of the primary questions which have come up.
After reading these, some may think they make sense, some may think they are too stringent. From our point of view, we run this forum to benefit the people whom are members of the Forum. The way we see it, the Forum functions for the following reasons:

• To serve as a community for real estate agents and real estate related professionals to share stories, exchange ideas and ask questions.
• To allow consumers to ask questions of members of the forum in an anonymous venue.

The Forum may serve other benefits for members, but first and foremost, it is a community. The following rules have been put in place to serve the community, maximize its potential to grow on the web and serve the members. The rules are as follows:

• NO duplicate posts - These will be deleted
• NO phone numbers in posts - These will be removed
• NO mention of your product or website in every post. (That is what your signature is for). People found consistently promoting their product will be banned.
• NO Email Addresses in POSTS. Please add these to your Profile or put them in your signature.
• YES - be considerate of your other members in your posts.
• YES - recommend others to join the forum. The more members the better the discussions.
• Signature guidlines:
  • Your signature will not appear until you have a minimum of 15 posts in the Forum.
  • For a post to be valid, it must be 15 words in length.
  • Only 1 signature will show per page if you have posted more than once in a thread and your posts shows twice on that page.

These are the basics which apply to most forums. The signature quidlines are too limit spam, one post wonders and keep the search engines still interested in giving us the rankings we have achieved since this website launched.

Thank you all for participating in the forums. Although you see advertising in the forum, the monies generated by the forum come no where near the time it takes to manage the forum so it is clear that there is an aspect of what we do which is our way of giving back to the real estate community.

Good Luck ALL with your continued success in Real Estate

BTW...Wouldn't it be interesting to see the combined value in dollars sold by the members of this forum in 2006......Just thought about that. I will have to work on how we could make that happen. Could be an interesting number

[Wholesaler]

How often can we post ads. I come across about 100 wholesale deals per month. And so I would like to do as many ads as what your website would accept. I am not here to blast your site. I just want to know my limits.
I like your site. And I want to be a permanent member and I do not want to violate your rules.

Thank you so much.

[rekid]

Thanks for your help.

[amberstar702]

Since the rules/guidelines have been set forth here in black and white, members now know what to expect and do not have to try to guess what is appropriate. When I joined up with this forum some time ago, the rules were different and I, like most people, are more comfortable knowing what is acceptable - and what is not!

[mge_1]

lets follow the rules.

[Traume]

Thanks Chief!

[militaryforsaleforrent]

Thank you for clear instructions! Looking forward for long relations with RealEstateForum.

[FlatFeeKing]

thank you Chief!! I am a member of so many forums they all have different rules. This one seems like a good one so I might have to come back. how can i find other realtors in my city?

[mdenton]

Got it thanks for the tip

[TrimarkProperties]

Hi! Can we post a link to our site in the introduction of who we are (and what we do)?

And how do we get our signature to automatically display?