I have heard the term Hoax used many times. I always thought it was being used out of context until I looked it up for this project. I didn't realize it has an inherenlty large scope included, nor did I realize it was related to "preposterous". I always just thought it was a "dirty joke". When I read the definition, I understood a lot more in context.
" a plan to deceive a large group of people by tricking them into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous".
This is an example of a "Commercial Hoax" with the Following Benefactors:
Insincere Sellers - Our population is filled with people who do not want to be honest about damages. What some may view as a small percent of our population is likely larger than most imagine.
Insincere Brokers - This provides insincere Brokers and opportunity to cater to insincere Seller's with greater (secretive) confidence they can try to work some things through the transaction and help them clear themselves in escrow if they get caught. Sincere Brokers who want a cleaning marketplace will not get as many listings when insincere Brokers exist to serve those with lesser intentions.
All Real Estate Attorneys and Mediation Companies - All Real Estate Attorneys and Mediation Companys benefit when a clear line related to responsibility is blurred or removed. It allows people to believe they can do things they shouldn't and it allows others to question things that are illogical, both of which lead to legal fees.
At this point in time, it's extremely difficult to determine if it was the Brokers or Real Estate Attorneys who may have driven this Hoax into existence.
What is clear at this time is that it could have only stayed in play for 38 years with the cover provided by "confidentiality" requirements for Mediation, and/or false beliefs conveyed about "confidentiality requirements" for negotiations outside of mediation, as was attempted with us by a CA Attorney.
OR
We're wrong about all of this. Nothing we've said is correct, even though all the clauses we've quoted are in fact truthful. check for yourself). We are the ones trying to play a HOAX on everyone else, although I can't for the life of me imagine how the opposing side would claim any other interpretation would be represenative of "Good Faith Negoitions in Article and Act".