The end of the month is upon us again, so it’s time to induct another into the Sick Phoque Club. This month, it’s David Hilliam, an Auckland real estate agent who visited a fortune teller for help selling a client's home and has now been stripped of his licence. Hilliam was found guilty of serious misconduct and lost his licence for six months after he admitted consulting a traditional Hindu "jyotishee", or fortune teller, to predict the market. Hilliam was an agent with Zest for Realty Ltd, trading as RE/MAX Zest, when he was contracted by Christa Herbst and Clinton Holmes to sell their 2.5-hectare Waiuku property in 2016, according to the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal. "Mr Hilliam follows certain Asian religious beliefs and practices and incorporates aspects of these, in particular numerology, into his real estate work," the tribunal's decision said. Not everyone does. And for anyone tempted to do this shit in 2020 during a pandemic, I have this to say to you: DON’T TAKE THE PISS. This behaviour is at best a lawsuit waiting to happen. The fortune teller won’t always get it right.
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