There's a new development in the story of Jim and Penny Zielstorf. The Des Moines couple thought they were buying the perfect plot of land; instead, all they got was a garbage dump.
Nearly two-and-a-half-years after Channel 13's Dan Winters broke the story of deception; the state of Iowa has punished a Knoxville real estate broker.
Jim Zielstorf's 22-acre hillside is filled with tons of trash. The land served as the Knoxville city dump for more than a decade in the 1960s and 1970s. Nobody told the Zielstorfs of the land's past before the purchase.
Last month, a formal hearing found that the man who sold the Zielstorfs the property did know about the dump and he hid it from them. In its 14 page report, the Iowa Real Estate Commission found that Ron Rodgers committed a "...grievous violation of his ethical responsibilities as a licensed real estate broker."
The commission says he is "unworthy and incompetent" to act as such adding the only sanction that will adequately protect the public is revocation of Rodgers' license.
The commission thanked Channel 13 for bringing the matter to its attention.
Ron Rodgers has 30 days to appeal.
Nearly two-and-a-half-years after Channel 13's Dan Winters broke the story of deception; the state of Iowa has punished a Knoxville real estate broker.
Jim Zielstorf's 22-acre hillside is filled with tons of trash. The land served as the Knoxville city dump for more than a decade in the 1960s and 1970s. Nobody told the Zielstorfs of the land's past before the purchase.
Last month, a formal hearing found that the man who sold the Zielstorfs the property did know about the dump and he hid it from them. In its 14 page report, the Iowa Real Estate Commission found that Ron Rodgers committed a "...grievous violation of his ethical responsibilities as a licensed real estate broker."
The commission says he is "unworthy and incompetent" to act as such adding the only sanction that will adequately protect the public is revocation of Rodgers' license.
The commission thanked Channel 13 for bringing the matter to its attention.
Ron Rodgers has 30 days to appeal.
