{"id":3206,"date":"2008-06-03T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T05:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2008-06-04T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T20:12:01","slug":"chaos-order-and-noble-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3206\/chaos-order-and-noble-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos, Order, and Noble Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m pretty sure the simple fear of\u00a0 ‘getting caught’ has kept me from doing a whole\u00a0myriad of things other braver, but perhaps, less ethical men have done with impunity.\u00a0Take the dirty cop trials going on in Chicago this week where 10 city policemen have decided to come forth to reveal their own bad behaviors–various unlawful acts performed at the arrest scene to ensure ‘the criminal’ doesn’t escape Justice–acts mostly surrounding issues of probable cause, search, seizure,<\/em>\u00a0and varying degrees\u00a0of Miranda\u00a0indiscretions (for the greater good of\u00a0the community\u00a0as a whole, they claim); little white lie kinds of cop acts like you see on Law and Order<\/em> every night—bum-bum<\/em>…\u00a0 “These are their stories.” Northwestern University professor Jona Goldschmidt refers to this seemingly justified behavior as “Noble Corruption.”\u00a0 I personally am\u00a0too fearful to be nobly<\/em> corrupt or even run-of-the mill\u00a0corrupt for that matter.\u00a0 And some days\u00a0it’s\u00a0the only redeeming thing\u00a0I can say about myself…<\/p>\n

“Hey guy,” as I look at myself in the bathroom mirror, “at least\u00a0you’re not corrupt.”\u00a0\u00a0Good thing I’m not a cop, I suppose. Too bad I’m a Realtor.<\/p>\n

“Sorry Mrs Climbladder, but I’m fairly certain I’ve taken an NAR Oath of Ethics or at the very least,\u00a0checked a box admitting to as much\u00a0on my quarterly dues coupon. They always cash the check so I guess I’m in.\u00a0 Anyway, \u00a0I couldn’t possibly recommend that you move forward on this Inspection Punchlist Nightmare the listing agent is calling an REO. You have the right to remain silent…”<\/p>\n

I bring this up because\u00a0for the third\u00a0time in as many weeks, I’ve advised a client against moving forward on a property I felt was a dog; and not a Bloodhound dog either. A mutt. And not a lovable mutt either. A dirty old smelly mean three legged junkyard people killing mutt. A beast, actually. An upside down, sideways beast. With fleas.<\/p>\n

I heard a self-proclaimed bottom feeding foreclosure poacher on\u00a0NPR<\/em> the other day state that he was actually doing a service to the neighborhood as a whole by preying on the misfortunes of the disamortized few.\u00a0 And while I think I might even concur with him on some level, I’m way too afraid Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m pretty sure the simple fear of\u00a0 ‘getting caught’ has kept me from doing a whole\u00a0myriad of things other braver, but perhaps, less ethical men have done with impunity.\u00a0Take the dirty cop trials going on in Chicago this week where 10 city policemen have decided to come forth to reveal their own bad behaviors–various unlawful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1520,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1520\/excellence-is-ennobling-and-to-make-a-habit-of-excellence-is-to-lead-a-noble-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":3206,"position":0},"title":"“Excellence is ennobling, and to make a habit of excellence is to lead a noble life”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I said that, but I didn't include in the video I made for the Carnival of Real Estate blog: The link shown below is the same film in better-quality NTSC video.","rel":"","context":"In "Blog Carnivals"","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11597,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11597\/noble-savages-not-so-noble-there-are-all-these-aspects-to-our-lives-that-just-seem-to-work-because-we-are-not-actually-baboons\/","url_meta":{"origin":3206,"position":1},"title":"Noble savages not so noble? “There are all these aspects to our lives that just seem to work, because we are not actually baboons.”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We have been cursed, as a civilization, because so much of the social sciences side of the university quadrangle has for so long been in the thrall of Marxism. 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