Former MAC Marketing sales manager disciplined by RECBC. Was she working for (or with) MAC at the time?

Meet Sharon Matsumoto.

Ms. Matsumoto was the subject of a recent Real Estate Council of British Columbia (RECBC) disciplinary decision.

According to the RECBC, Sharon Tomoko Matsumoto - currently unlicensed - entered into a Consent Order with the Council that, while licensed as a representative with Multiple Realty Ltd., Vancouver, she committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that she:

• (a) contravened section 7(3)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that she was employed as a sales manager with, and provided real estate services in that capacity for, a developer, all of which real estate services were provided to the developer separate and apart from the brokerage; and
• (b) contravened section 7(3)(b) of the Real Estate Services Act in that she accepted, independent of the brokerage, remuneration paid to her directly from the developer, in relation to the real estate services provided to the developer.

The RECBC ruled that she: (a) be reprimanded; (b) successfully complete the Real Estate Trading Services Remedial Education Course; and (c) pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,250.00.

Not being too familiar with the legalese here, we note the passage that says while she was a representative of Multiple Realty Ltd she committed professional misconduct by being "employed as a sales manager with, and provided real estate services in that capacity for, a developer, all of which real estate services were provided to the developer separate and apart from the brokerage"

And that she "accepted, independent of the brokerage, remuneration paid to her directly from the developer, in relation to the real estate services provided to the developer."

What exactly does that mean? 

It seems to suggest while she was working for Multiple Realty Ltd., she was also working as a sales manager selling real estate for someone else - for a developer.

It's the term 'sales manager' that caught our eye. Faithful readers will recognize that as one of the titles from the players in the MAC Marketing fiasco back in February. Naturally we felt compelled to googled the terms "Sharon Matsumoto" and "MAC Marketing Solutions." 

Guess what comes up?

Click on that google link that says 'Sharon Matsumoto of MAC Marketing Solutions Inc is a REALTOR' and you are taken to a real estate agent data base that lists Matsumoto and the address for MAC Marketing Solutions:

Hmmm....

What does LinkedIn tell us:

Matsumoto is listed as Sales Manager for Ledingham McAllister, a developer, and has worked for them since January 2012 to present. She also just happens to have been a Sales Manager for MAC Marketing Solutions from 2007 to 2009.

Okay... so maybe the real estate data base simply contains out-of-date data. Maybe she used to work for MAC but now works for the developer.

Curiously when you do a google search. you come across a number projects in which Ledingham McAllister and MAC Marketing Solutions are listed together, projects like Aviara in Burnaby:

You have to wonder... if it's a Ledingham McAllister development that's the centre of the RECBC disciplinary decision, you don't suppose it's one that MAC was also marketing do you?

If so was Matsumoto indirectly working for MAC Marketing when this breach of conduct was committed? Was she leading the MAC sales team at the development?

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