Ilonka Castillo de Cesti Ilonka Castillo needs to repay back its buyer, not be supported by Realtor Santo Domingo

It is a shame that NAR is lending its name to international organizations which are not organized in countries where real estate activities are not regulated by laws. The Realtor board must be selective on who they support.

Countries like the Dominican Republic where I have been a victim at my self as a referring agent and a buyer, you have people who continue to do business while and after having been convicted of fradulent real estate crimes. Case in point, Ilonka Castillo who is on the news for years having caused a loss to many US investors and retireees who have lost their homes.

This woman was the president of FIABCI in Dominican Republic throughout the scams, even after the sentencing, and continues to work as a mentor flying in from her now home in Florida to teach new unsuspecting real estate wannabes in real estate courses provided by the AEI or Asociación de Agentes y Empresas Inmobiliarias which is the local real estate assication. All of this with the approval of her good friend and 'embassador' on behalf of Realtor Organization Larissa Ortiz at Global Properties Realty in Florida, United States who is also Dominican.

It is a shame that we look for guidance to our board and who they support and approve of publicly, and not do their job which is to protect and educate the consumers and other agents about the perils of investing in developing countries where being an embassador is supposed to be helping bring the standards up to par to work with us North Americans. It is the typical nepotism, let's cover up the past attitude you find througout Latin America. We are empowering these people to scam us by our own board!

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