I say let the city clean it up and send the lender the bill  and or let the city sell it for the bill and lender gets nada , then perhaps  they will act in a business like manner ,many are not .  Agents should not have to pay.

I feel the same as Margaret does...why should the listing agent be held acccountable for conditions that the lender (current owner) should be responsible for.

Let the lenders pay for a property manager in a geographic area. Let the city clean the property and bill the lender. Don't hold us accountable for something that is not our responsiblilty.

I agree with the both of you..

The agent is not the legal owner or guardian of the property, the city has code enforcement let the city clean up the property and bill the new owner of record.

There is no way in my opinion any court would uphold the City Of Atlanta holding Realtors/Agents responsible, how about Realtors/Agents (NOT)selling foreclosures that are not kept up and are a blight to the neighborhood also?

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That just doesn't make any sense at all.  

It's gets a little silly sometimes - I think we REALTORS are going to end up needing a support group or assertiveness training courses instead of marketing guru courses by the time this stuff settles down -  I'm still waiting for my bailout -