Campbell v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate

This appeal arises from a final order of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) suspending Doreen Campbell’s real estate license for one year and imposing an administrative fine of $2,500. For the reasons explained below, we reverse that order.

Doreen Campbell is a state certified real estate residential appraiser. She was charged with violating the standard for developing or communicating an appraisal and for failing to exercise reasonable diligence in developing the report. Campbell disputed some of the factual allegations in the complaint and the case was referred to…