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A realtor sold a mobile home for us and never gave us
the proceeds.  Now I find that my wife made the
transaction with inadequate paperwork.  I've written
letters.  What do I do next?

Here's the whole story:
We had a mobile home about 100 miles from our home for
my mother-in-law.  When she couldn't care for herself,
we put the home up for sale with the realtor.  It
didn't sell for a year while we suffered through lot
rental payments.  We paid $8000 for the home, we were
listing it for $6000, the realtor finally convinced us
to sell for $1000.  His original agreement was for a
minimum commission of $1000, but he said he'd only
take $150.

So the buyer paid the realtor, we signed over the
title, and now he ignores us.  Here's the real problem
-- my trusting wife never got any paperwork describing
the new commission of $150.  I'm sure the realtor has
the original agreement for the $1000 commision.  The
best we have is a letter that the realtor made out for
my wife to sign, stating that the commission was for
$150.  But the letter came from his computer printer,
on plain paper, signed only by my wife.

This realtor is a one-man shop, but a Century 21
franchisee.  If this realtor continues to ignore us,
what is our ultimate recourse?  Will we have a hard
time proving to the realtor licensing agency and a
court that we are owed $850?

Thanks
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GK