Smith v. Commonwealth, State Real Estate Commission

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Ronald C. Smith, d/b/a Century 21, R. C. Smith (petitioner) appeals an order of the Real Estate Commission (Commission) suspending his license for one year for knowingly making substantial misrepresentations to a customer and engaging in conduct in connection with a real estate transaction which demonstrated incompetency, bad faith or dishonesty.1

*110The following is a summary of the relevant facts found by the Commission. In the spring of 1977, Lydia Gravesen engaged the petitioner to sell her house in connection with a property settlement agreement, and soon thereafter he…