A Virginia real estate broker faces the prospect of losing his license and paying a hefty fine because of a Facebook post.
On Feb. 13, 2015, Staunton-based broker Wilson Fauber reposted the Rev. Franklin Graham’s post citing a passage in the Bible and added commentary from his own perspective as a pastor.
After 44 years in the business with a clear record, Fauber learned that the National Association of Realtors received an ethics complaint about him earlier this year.
The “real basis of that complaint was from 2015, when I posted Leviticus 18:22,” he told The Daily Signal.
The Virginia Association of Realtors conducted a hearing Wednesday regarding the complaint against Fauber. If found guilty of an ethics violation, he could be fined $5,000 to $15,000 and effectively lose his career as a broker. The National Association of Realtors also can…