Findings Of Fact Respondent, Hillard J. Meinstein, is the holder of real estate salesman license number 0174789 issued by petitioner, Department of Professional Regulation, Florida Real Estate Commission. The license was issued on September 1, 1981 and remains current as of this date. On or about March 16, 1982 the circuit court for Hillsborough County, Florida entered an order accepting a plea of nolo contendere from one Hillard J. Meinstein for the offense of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. Adjudication of guilt was withheld and Meinstein was placed on probation for 15 years and required to pay a $10,000 fine to the Hillsborough Country Sheriff's Office within one year after date of sentence. A certified copy of the order has been received in evidence as petitioner's exhibit 3. It was not disclosed whether the respondent and the defendant in the above case were the same individuals. On April 30, 1982 the supervisor for application certification of the then Board of Real Estate wrote the sheriff of Hillsborough County and requested him to search his records to determine if a Hillard Jeffrey Meinstein had been arrested by his agency for various charges including conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. The letter also indicated that Hillard Jeffrey Meinstein was an applicant for licensure as a real estate salesman. The response of the sheriff, if any, was not disclosed.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, it is RECOMMENDED that the administrative complaint be DISMISSED with prejudice. DONE and ENTERED this 31st day of January, 1984, in Tallahassee, Florida. DONALD R. ALEXANDER Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32301 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 31st day of January, 1984. COPIES FURNISHED: Gary Lee Printy, Esquire P. O. Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802 Richard J. R. Parkinson, Esquire 602 East Central Avenue Orlando, Florida 32801
Findings Of Fact The Respondent has been a registered real estate salesman with the Florida Real Estate Commission from February 17, 1967, until the present. The Respondent was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida and charged with devising and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud certain named persons and entities by use of the mails and further charged with the commission of an overt act in furtherance of said scheme. U.S. v. Hawk, Case No. 68-47-ORL CR, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division. On October 11, 1968, the Respondent pled guilty to the offense of devising a scheme to defraud others and executing said scheme by use of the United States Mail and by telephone in violation of Title 18, Section 1341, U.S.C. The Respondent was sentenced to four years' imprisonment upon his plea of guilty. He served 17 months of his sentence before being paroled, which parole ended in October, 1972. The charge to which the Respondent pled guilty and was found guilty did not, in any manner, involve the sale of real property. Since his conviction and release from prison, the Respondent has worked as a real estate salesman. The Florida Real Estate Commission has shown no complaint lodged against Mr. Hawk regarding his registration as a real estate salesman from February 17, 1967, until the present, other than the complaint and allegations presently being considered. There has been no showing that Nelson F. Hawk engaged in any conduct warranting suspension of his registration as a real estate salesman other than that conviction heretofore referred to in 1968. Nelson F. Hawk is guilty of a crime against the laws of the United States involving fraudulent dealing as evidenced by the certificate of Wesley R. Thies, Clerk, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Findings Of Fact The Respondent, Gary R. Berkson, is a licensed real estate salesman, holding license No. 034697. From September 27, 1980, until May of 1983, the Respondent as a salesman working as an independent contractor for Act Now Real Estate, Inc., a corporate broker whose active qualifying brokers and officers were Robert F. Picheny and Thelma R. Sarkas. Robert F. Picheny was subpoenaed and requested to bring with him the records of Act Now Real Estate, Inc., showing the disbursement of commissions to the Respondent. These records did not contain any entries relating to rental transactions involving the persons named in the complaint as having paid commissions to the Respondent. The only lease offered and received in evidence was between Samuel Schnur, as lessor, and lessees named Davis and Johnston. Samuel Schnur, presented as one of the Petitioner's witnesses, did not pay a rental commission to the Respondent in connection with this lease. Another lease transaction where the Respondent was alleged to have received rental commissions was between Sami Elmasri, as landlord, and Donald Bauerle, as tenant. Sami Elmasri, presented as another of the Petitioner's witnesses, testified that he paid a $300 commission, but that this was not paid to the Respondent. This commission was paid to another salesman, Wendy Corman. The final witness for the Petitioner, except for the Respondent, was Wendy Corman. She showed Mr. Elmasri's property to persons wishing to rent through a lead given by the Respondent. She was paid a $300 commission by Mr. Elmasri. The Respondent did not receive any of this commission. The Petitioner's final witness was the Respondent, who testified that he never received a commission for rental property. The only money he received in connection with rental properties was a management fee he received on some properties owned by Richard Jacobson. This fee was in payment for management services consisting of arranging for repairs to the properties such as painting it, repairs to the plumbing and the garage door, and being available to tenants with problems in the absence of the owner. These management fees continued even after the Respondent left Act Now Real Estate, Inc., until Mr. Jacobson assumed the management duties himself.
Recommendation Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is RECOMMENDED that the Administrative Complaint filed against the Respondent, Gary R. Berkson, be DISMISSED. This Recommended Order entered this 13th day of June, 1984, in Tallahassee, Florida. WILLIAM B. THOMAS Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 13th day of June, 1984.
The Issue Whether the Respondent's real estate license should be disciplined because the Respondent has been found guilty of a crime which directly relates to the activities of a licensed real estate salesman or involves moral tupitude or fraudulent or dishonest dealing.
Findings Of Fact Based on the evidence presented at hearing, the following facts are determined: At all times pertinent to the charges, the Respondent was a licensed Florida real estate salesman having been issued license number 0400199 in accordance with Chapter 475, Florida Statutes. The license issued during all times material to the facts alleged in the Administrative Complaint was as salesman, % Emerson Realty Group of Volusia County, Inc., 322 Silver Beach Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida 32018. The Respondent, in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, entered a plea of guilty to one count of filing a false tax return, a felony, whereupon on October 17, 1988, the Respondent was sentenced to a period of probation and fined $2,500. Via letter dated October 31, 1988, the Respondent's attorney timely notified the Petitioner of the felony charges, plea and disposition. In mitigation, Respondent testified and his exhibits indicate that Respondent's former wife was the office manager and book keeper until 1983. Respondent did not prepare the income tax return for which he entered his plea, his former wife did so. He relied on his former wife's competency and goodwill in preparing all documents relating to his main business, the pest control business. She reported the errors on his income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service out of spite and greed (in hopes of collecting a 10% reward). The basis for the conviction of filing a false tax return did not involve a real estate transaction. Respondent has no prior convictions for any other crime.
Recommendation Having considered the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and the evidence of the record, including the contents of the several exhibits received into evidence, it is, therefore: RECOMMENDED that the Respondent William Lea be found guilty of having violated Subsection 475.25(1)(f), Florida Statutes (1987) as charged in the Administrative Complaint. It is further: RECOMMENDED that Respondent William Lea receive a reprimand, an administrative fine of $400.00. DONE and ENTERED this 27th day of June, 1989 in Tallahassee, Florida. DANIEL M. KILBRIDE Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 27th day of June, 1989. APPENDIX The following constitutes my specific rulings, in accordance with section 120.59, Florida Statutes, on findings of fact submitted by the parties. Petitioner's Proposed Recommended Order: Paragraphs 1 - 3. Accepted Respondent's Proposed Recommended Order: Respondent did not submit separate findings of fact. COPIES FURNISHED: STEVEN W. JOHNSON, ESQUIRE SENIOR ATTORNEY DPR - DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE 400 W. ROBINSON STREET P.O. BOX 1900 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32802 HARRISON SLAUGHTER, ESQUIRE 56 EAST PINE STREET, SUITE A ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801 DARLENE F. KELLER, DIVISION DIRECTOR DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE 400 W. ROBINSON STREET POST OFFICE BOX 1900 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32802 KENNETH E. EASLEY, GENERAL COUNSEL DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION NORTHWOOD CENTRE 1940 NORTH MONROE STREET SUITE 60 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0792
Findings Of Fact Respondent, Ralph B. Snyder, Jr. ("Respondent"), is a licensed broker having been issued license No. 0082998. At all times material hereto, Respondent was the qualifying broker for Home Hunters V, Inc., at 2829 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida. At all times material hereto, Respondent had employed Greg Howle as "office manager" at the above-mentioned location. Mr. Howle was at no time licensed as a broker or salesman by the Florida Real Estate Commission. On January 29, 1982, William Konwinski visited Respondent's office looking for an apartment to rent for the month of February, 1982. During his visit, Konwinski spoke with Ilana Frank, an office employee of Respondent who was licensed as a salesperson by the Florida Real Estate Commission. During his conference with Ms. Frank, Konwinski signed a rental agreement and gave Ms. Frank $60 as payment for rental services. That contract contained the following clause: If the rental information provided under this contract is not current or accurate in any material aspect, you may demand within 30 days of this contract date a return of your full fee paid. If you do not obtain a rental you are entitled to receive a return of 75 percent of the fee paid, if you make demand within 30 days of this contract date. The contract also contained the clause which provided that ". . . [n]o refunds are made during 30 day period when vacancies can be provided in the area and price range of tenants as indicated in above agreement." In the rental agreement, Mr. Konwinski indicated that he sought a one- bedroom furnished efficiency apartment that would accept pets. After executing the contract and paying the rental fee, Mr. Konwinski was given the names and addresses of two prospective rentals. Mr. Konwinski took the rental listings and within the next two or three days checked the listings and found that one did not accept pets. Konwinski failed to keep an appointment to meet with the landlord at the second property. Thereafter, Mr. Konwinski returned to Respondent's office and spoke again with Ilama Frank concerning available rentals. Ms. Frank apparently checked for additional listings but could locate none that met with Mr. Konwinski's specifications. However, Ms. Frank penciled in on the agreement between Home Hunters V, Inc., and Mr. Konwinski that he would be returned $30 of his $60 fee should Home Hunters V, Inc., be unable to find an apartment for him by January 31, 1982. Gregory Howle, the office manager, signed this addendum to the contract on behalf of Home Hunters V, Inc. On at least two separate occasions thereafter Mr. Konwinski returned to Respondent's office seeking a refund of his deposit, each time speaking to Mr. Howle, the office manager. Howle first told Konwinski that his refund check was in the mail, but later explained that Respondent had instructed him to make no refund. Konwinski never obtained a rental unit through Respondent, but did ultimately receive a partial refund. There is no credible evidence of record in this proceeding to establish that Respondent at any time shared real estate commissions with Gregory Howle. Although there are checks which were introduced into evidence made payable from Home Hunters V, Inc., to Mr. Howle, the record in this cause is devoid of any showing as to what the salary structure between Respondent and Mr. Howle was, or for specifically what services Mr. Howle was compensated. Further, other than speaking with Mr. Konwinski on his initial visit to Respondent's office and obtaining his signature on the rental agreement, referring him then to a licensed salesperson, and again speaking with Mr. Konwinski concerning a refund of his fee, there is no credible evidence of record to establish any other activities engaged in by Mr. Howle while employed by Respondent.
The Issue Whether the Respondent's real estate broker license should be disciplined based upon the alleged violations of Sections 475.25(1)(b),(c),(d)1. and (e), Florida Statutes.
Findings Of Fact Petitioner is a state government licensing and regulatory agency charged with the responsibility and duty to prosecute Administrative Complaints pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida, in particular Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, Chapters 120, 455 and 475, Florida Statutes, and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto. Respondent Bernard L. Covington is now and was at all times material hereto a licensed real estate broker in the State of Florida having been issued license number 0178235 in accordance with Chapter 475, Florida Statutes. The last license was issued as a broker at 4383 U.S. Hwy. 1, Edgewater, Florida 34141. On September 6, 1990, Terra Mar Village's prospectus to sell proprietary leases in mobile home lots was approved by the Florida Department of Business Regulation. Included in said prospectus is a form Contract for Purchase and Installation of a Cooperative Unit and Manufactured Home at Terra Mar Village for use when lot was to be sold in said Village. On July 25, 1992, Respondent, through the actions of his agent, Alvin D. Booten, solicited and obtained a purchase agreement between sellers, Terra Mar Village Association, and buyers, Jack W. Miller and Jacqueline Miller for Lot 132 in Terra Mar Village. Respondent's agent represent that the buyers were purchasing a mobile home lot in fee simple at the Village. In actuality, they were only purchasing a proprietary lease in the lot. Al Booten, an unlicensed agent, was employed by Terra Mar Village, LTD. as a sales representative. In the course of his employment, he promised the Millers a deed to the property. They relied on his representations, and they put down their deposit on the lot. Booten never advised the Millers they were buying into a cooperative association. Respondent failed to use the approved Contract for Purchase agreement form contained in the prospectus approved in September 1990 by the Department in its dealings with the Millers. The Respondent failed to disclose prior to the closing that the buyers were purchasing only a proprietary lease in the lot. On January 14, 1993, the transaction closed with Respondent acting on behalf of Terra Mar Village, LTD. and Terra Mar Village Association, Inc. After closing, the buyers received the Prospectus and title policy. Upon examining their title insurance policy, they learned that they had purchased a proprietary lease, not a fee simple interest in the lot as has been represented to them by Booten. The mobile home park has gone into foreclosure and the ownership interest of the Millers, among others, in their lots have been put in jeopardy. The Millers had relied on the representations of the Respondent as a licensed broker in their decision to purchase a lot in Terra Mar Village. Respondent committed a breach of trust by failing to disclose that the lot being sold was by proprietary lease. On April 1 and May 10, 1993, buyer Reginald B. Randolph gave Respondent's unlicensed agent, Al Booten, two checks totalling $45,000 for the purchase of a mobile home and lot at Terra Mar Village. On May 10, 1993, Respondent closed the transaction without the knowledge or consent of the buyer. However, Respondent failed to have the title to the property recorded. Randolph was misled by the Respondent's agent Booten, who told Randolph and his wife that they could buy a lot on a canal in the Village. When the Randolphs discovered they had been deceived and demanded their money back, the Respondent refused to refund it. They also discovered the money was not being held in escrow. The Randolphs believed Al Booten was a licensed real estate salesperson because he claimed he was selling the lot. There were many problems associated with the park. The source of potable water at the park was not approved and a moratorium was placed on it by Volusia County. Later, Terra Mar Village, LTD. filed for bankruptcy, but it was denied. The Respondent seeks to blame the "recession" and the water problems for the difficulties he encountered with the Millers and Randolphs. However, Respondent collected their downpayments and misappropriated the funds after allowing them to be misled by his agent.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing, it is RECOMMENDED as follows: The Florida Real Estate Commission issue and file a Final Order finding the Respondent guilty of violating Subsections 475.25(1)(b), (d)1 and (e), Florida Statutes, as charged in the Administrative Complaint. The Final Order should further direct that all of Respondent's real estate licenses, registrations, certificates and permits, be suspended for a period of two (2) years and that he pay an administrative fine of $1,000. DONE and ENTERED this 10th day of August, 1994, in Tallahassee, Florida. DANIEL M. KILBRIDE Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 10th day of August, 1994. APPENDIX The following constitutes my specific rulings, in accordance with section 120.59, Florida Statutes, on proposed findings of fact submitted by the parties. Petitioner's proposed findings of fact. Accepted in substance: paragraphs 1-14 Respondent's proposals. Respondent did not submit proposed findings of fact. COPIES FURNISHED: Steven W. Johnson, Esquire Florida Department of Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate 400 West Robinson Street Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802 Bernard L. Covington, pro se 1034 Old South Lane Apopka, Florida 32702 Darlene F. Keller Division Director Division of Real Estate 400 West Robinson Street Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802-1900 Jack McRay, Esquire Acting General Counsel Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate Northwood Centre 1940 N Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0792
Findings Of Fact Respondent Shankar S. Agarwal is now and was at all times material hereto a licensed real estate broker in the State of Florida having been issued license number 0312860. The last license issued was as a broker. Respondent Super Realty, Inc., is now and was at all times material hereto a licensed real estate corporation in the State of Florida having been issued license number 0231630. The last license issued was as a broker located in Hollywood, Florida. At all times material hereto, Respondent Shankar S. Agarwal was licensed and operating as a qualifying broker and officer for Respondent Super Realty, Inc. Respondents advertised for sale by newspaper advertisement a VA repossessed property being a four unit apartment building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In April, 1985, Warren and Judith Fieldhouse responded to Respondents' ad, and Respondent Agarwal arranged to meet the Fieldhouses at the property. At the property, the Fieldhouses informed Respondents that they wished to purchase a property as an investment and required that any property purchased by them result in income to them as opposed to resulting in a loss for them. Respondent Agarwal specifically represented to the Fieldhouses that the rental character of the neighborhood had been assessed by the Respondents, that Respondents were qualified to appraise the rental character, and that each unit could be rented for $300 or more per month. Respondent Agarwal further represented that the rent for the property would therefore exceed its expenses. The Fieldhouses decided that they wished to purchase the property based upon Respondents' representations. Respondent Agarwal required the Fieldhouses to give him a check for $1,000 a while still at the property before he would return with them to the office of Super Realty, Inc., to draft a purchase contract. Respondent Agarwal and the Fieldhouses went to Super Realty, Inc., where a purchase contract was drafted by Respondent Agarwal and signed by the Fieldhouses. Respondent Agarwal refused to give to the Fieldhouses a copy of that contract. Respondent Agarwal further advised the Fieldhouses that they were to obtain the required liability insurance on the property from his insurance agency and that they were not to use their own insurance agency. The Fieldhouses refused to comply with Agarwal's direction to them. Changes were subsequently made by Respondents to the Fieldhouses' purchase contract. Although those changes were approved telephonically by the Fieldhouses, Respondents never obtained the Fieldhouses signatures approving the changes in the contract. A closing was scheduled by Respondents at the office of Super Realty, Inc., on May 22, 1985. The Fieldhouses inspected the property just before the closing and found that the property's "as is" condition on the day of closing was worse than its "as is" condition on the day that they first saw it and entered into the contract for the purchase and sale of the property. Appliances were missing, and damage was done to the structure. The Fieldhouses objected to the condition of the property on the date of closing. Yet, the closing began. Respondent Agarwal began handing the Fieldhouses individual documents to sign. When he handed them a required financial disclosure statement, the Fieldhouses realized that the mortgage plus insurance and taxes payments would exceed the rental income which Respondents had represented could be projected from the units, that the amount of payments and other representations initially made by the Respondents were not incorporated into the closing documents, and the rental income for the property would not exceed the property's monthly expenses. The Fieldhouses refused to continue with the closing. They demanded copies of the documents that they had signed, but Respondents refused to give them copies of those documents. They demanded a refund from Respondents of their $1,000 deposit, but Respondents refused to refund their money to them. Although the Fieldhouses had signed a note and mortgage on the property before they refused to continue forward with the closing, they gave Respondents no monies toward the purchase of the property to increase the $1,000 earnest money deposit to the required down payment for the property. Respondents knew that the Fieldhouses did not pay the required cash to close on the property, the additional consideration required under the contracts. After the closing, the Fieldhouses made additional demands on Respondent for the return of their $1,000. Respondents refused to return that money to them and further refused to discuss the matter with them further. Respondents submitted the Fieldhouse closing documents to the Veterans Administration claiming a sales commission due to the Respondents in the amount of $5,740, even though Respondents knew that the sales transaction had never closed. Since the Veterans Administration had experienced difficulties with Respondents' complying with their rules and regulations on previous occasions, the VA took the position that the Respondents were not entitled to a commission since no sale had taken place and that the Respondents should refund to the Fieldhouses their $1,000. Respondents sued the Veterans Administration for a sales commission. At the time that Respondents sued for a commission, they knew that they were entitled to no commission since there was no sale. When the Veterans Administration filed an Answer to Respondents' Complaint indicating that it intended to fully defend Respondents' false claim, Respondents voluntarily dismissed their litigation against the Veterans Administration. The VA now has possession of the Fieldhouses' $1,000 deposit which it intends to return to the Fieldhouses. Although Mr. Fieldhouse was a licensed real estate salesman during the time period material hereto, he had not actively worked as a real estate salesman. Therefore, the Fieldhouses relied upon the Respondents as licensees to responsively perform the sales transaction and further relied upon Respondents' representations regarding the property's income and expenses. Respondents never advised the Florida Real Estate Commission that demands had been made for the return of the $1,000 which Respondents held in escrow until such time as they voluntarily forwarded the money to the Veterans Administration despite the Fieldhouses' demands for its return to them.
Recommendation Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is, therefore, RECOMMENDED that a Final Order be entered dismissing Counts V and VI of the Administrative Complaint, finding Respondents guilty of the remaining allegations in the Administrative Complaint, and revoking Respondents' real estate broker licenses. DONE and RECOMMENDED this 21st day of April 1987, in Tallahassee, Florida. LINDA M. RIGOT Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 21st day of April, 1987. COPIES FURNISHED: Arthur R. Shell, Jr., Esquire Division of Real Estate 400 West Robinson Street Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802 Shankar S. Agarwal 6912 Stirling Road Hollywood, Florida 33024 Super Realty, Inc. c/o Shankar S. Agarwal 6912 Stirling Road Hollywood, Florida 33024 Van Poole, Secretary Department of Professional Regulation 130 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0750 Joseph A. Sole, Esquire General Counsel Department of Professional Regulation 130 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0750 Harold Huff, Executive Director Division of Real Estate 400 West Robinson Street Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802
Findings Of Fact Upon consideration of the oral and documentary evidence adduced at the hearing, the following facts are found. At all times relevant to this proceeding, respondent Lydon was registered with the Florida Real Estate Commission as a real estate salesman. By an administrative complaint filed on February 8, 1978, the petitioner sought to revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline the respondent's license and right to practice thereunder. The ground for such complaint is that respondent collected money as a salesman in connection with a real estate brokerage transaction in a name not his employer's and without the express consent of his employer. The respondent admits, and the evidence demonstrates, that in December of 1973, the respondent obtained a listing agreement for the sale of real property from Mary E. Renney, brought the seller Renney and the buyer Stephen together, prepared the contract for sale and obtained a check made payable to him in the amount of $500.00 for this transaction, which check was cashed by him. Mr. Lydon testified that he did these things as a personal favor to Mrs. Renney and that his broker knew about these transactions. No evidence was presented that respondent's broker gave his express consent to the events described herein.
Recommendation Based upon the findings of fact and conclusions of law recited above, it is RECOMMENDED that respondent Alford R. Lydon, Sr., be found guilty of the charges contained in the administrative complaint dated February 8, 1978, and that said finding constitute the written reprimand discussed above. Respectively submitted and entered this 2nd day of April, 1979, in Tallahassee, Florida. DIANE D. TREMOR. Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings 530 Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 (904) 488-9675 COPIES FURNISHED: Kenneth M. Meer Staff Counsel Florida Real Estate Commission Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32801 Alford R. Lydon, Sr. 3301 58th Avenue North Lot 146 St. Petersburg, Florida 33714