Disciplinary actions: Real estate brokers and salespeople

June 2007

Edmonds — Daniel M. Yonker

  • Finding: Indicated on real estate license application that he had a criminal complaint against him, and was found to have plead guilty and been sentenced to 36 months in prison.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked until released from incarceration.

Fall City — Julie Steil

  • Finding:
    • Failed to maintain a separate trust account for property she managed.
    • Failed to timely return trust account monies.
    • Failed to comply with Department of Licensing (DOL) requests for access to the trust account for audit purposes.
    • Failed to notify DOL of her current business address.
    • Failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate broker license revoked for 5 years.

May 2007

Brinnon — Adrienne Moen

  • Finding: Failed to submit an offer to the sellers for the sale of property she listed for them.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license suspended for 5 months.

Shelton — Mary Brown

  • Finding:
    • Failed to balance trust account.
    • Failed to provide clients with required documents.
    • Failed to deposit rental payments in a timely manner.
    • Failed to respond to a complaint received by DOL, despite numerous requests for a response.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license suspended for 1 month.

April 2007

Aberdeen — Edward D. Bjornstrom

  • Finding:
    • Failed to properly deposit an earnest money check.
    • Failed to designate the property management account as a trust account.
    • Permitted bank charges to be deducted from the trust account.
    • Failed to print check registers, and prepare and reconcile trial balances.
    • Used trust account funds for personal use.
    • Failed to collect security deposits and deposit rental payments.
    • Failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked for 10 years.

Benton City — Leona M. Wanous

  • Finding: Failed to supervise the activities of a licensee as listing agent, and failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate broker license suspended for 3 months.

Kennewick — Eva M. Silva

  • Finding:
    • Failed to deposit earnest money with the closing agent as required by the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
    • Failed to notify DOL of her change of business address.
    • Failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked for 3 years.

Salem, OR — Anita D. Goulet

  • Finding:
    • Prepared a commercial real estate transaction contrary to her broker’s directive.
    • Failed to provide the purchaser a receipt for earnest money.
    • Failed to provide a copy of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
    • Failed to provide a copy of the listing agent.
    • Deposited earnest money into her personal bank account.
    • Failed to cooperate with DOL.
    • Failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked for 10 years.

Seattle — Tom J. Skepetaris

  • Finding:
    • Forged the signatures of his broker and sellers on real estate transaction documents.
    • Diverted earnest money checks for his personal use.
    • Failed to respond to DOL requests for information.
    • Failed to demand a hearing in a timely manner.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked for 3 years.

Tacoma — Brian Hauer

  • Finding:
    • Aided and abetted unlicensed activity by altering rental agreements and accompanying documents signed by unlicensed property managers to reflect his name as property manager.
    • Failed to provide office access to the public.
    • Did not prepare monthly trial balances, ledgers, and reconciliations.
    • Interfered with the DOL investigation by destroying and altering records in anticipation of an audit.
    • Failed to ensure documents were accessible to DOL.
    • Failed to include all of the required information in property management agreements.
    • Failed to provide documents to DOL upon request.
  • Action: Real estate broker license revoked for 8 years.

Woodinville — Angela Rose

  • Finding: Plead guilty to a felony charge.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license revoked for 10 years.

January 2007

Deer Park — Gerald Carpenter

  • Finding: Aided and abetted unlicensed activity by making misrepresentations to DOL about the status of a licensee’s license.
  • Action: Real estate broker license suspended for 60 days.

Monroe — Jan Gladys Davis

  • Finding: Failed to maintain the firm’s trust account, books, and records as designated broker, and failed to respond to DOL requests for information during the investigation.
  • Action: Real estate broker license revoked for 1 year.

Olympia — Brian Hillman

  • Finding: Instructed his assistant to forge his broker’s and the seller’s signature on a rescission agreement.
  • Action: Real estate salesperson license suspended for 3 months.