COMMISSION OBTAINS RESTRAINING ORDER FOR
UNLICENSED  REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE

The Real Estate Commission has obtained a Permanent Injunction in Wake County Superior Court restraining Mario Scatliffe, Jr., from engaging in the practice of real estate brokerage. The Commission and Mr. Scatliffe entered into a Consent Order on April 13, 1988 in which Mr. Scatliffe admitted to having engaged in real estate brokerage acts-without be`` licensed by the Real Estate Commission.

The Commission found chat Mr. Scatliffe, while doing business at Prosperity Realty in Marshville, North Carolina in 1986, submitted to the Veterans Administration offers to purchase real estate on behalf of others and received a brokerage commission for such services. Mr. Scatliffe also showed two ocher properties to prospective purchasers and represented to others that he was a licensed real estate broker.

Under the terms of the Consent Order and Permanent Injunction, Mr. Scatliffe is permanently restrained from awing or holding himself out to be a real estate broker until such time, if ever, as he is properly licensed by the Real Estate Commission.