Staff of the Idaho Real Estate Commission v. Nordling

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Idaho Real Estate Commission (Commission) suspending Russett A. Nordling’s (Nordling) real estate license for fourteen days, fining her $3,000, and ordering her to pay the costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Commission in prosecuting the action of up to $55,000.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Nordling is a licensed real estate salesperson for McLeod Realty, Inc. in Boise. On July 19, 1997, Nordling entered into an Exclusive Seller Representation Agreement with Louise Schultz (Seller) for a mobile home owned by Seller located…