Using another agent's floorplans
Here in the Bay Area, I've noticed a lot of brokers use each other's floor plans when it comes to retail and office listings and landlord reps. Most of these floor plans come from the bigger offices like NC&amp;C, but I notice smaller brokers will use the same documents when they steal/take over/win the new listing. They may take out the logos and watermarks but its essentially the same floor plan inserted into a new document. Isn't this illegal? What do you guys think about this?
[{"id": "cx0i3a5", "text": "Maybe illegal but whose going to sue you for it?  I'd speak to your office's counsel about it.  If your office doesn't have one on retainer, I'd suggest you get one on retainer, or have some good E&amp;O and business liability insurance. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cx3kkci", "text": "I think this is pretty commonplace. Often the building owner pays for floorplans, not the broker, so it'd make sense that they can be used by a new broker as well. Of course it'd be better to use the original/clean versions, but sometimes they get lost.\n\nI've had other agents use my plans on buildings I used to work on and I don't begrudge them for doing so.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cx4h1l4", "text": "Its so common I can't imagine you'd run into problems.  I'm sure mine have been ripped off a lot.  If I'm not listing it anymore what do I care?  \n\nA lot of owners do not have this stuff any other way, particularly on small properties.  When I ask for them from the owners a lot of times what I get is the marketing pack from when they purchased it.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]