ALLISON & WHITE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & REALTY LLC (HICKORY)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Allison & White Property Management & Realty LLC for a period of 6 months, effective March 1, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Allison & White Property Management & Realty failed to deposit a pre-paid rent check into their trust account within three (3) banking days and failed to enter the payment on the tenant ledger. Instead, the pre-paid rent was deposited into Allison & White Property Management & Realty’s general operating account. When management transferred, Allison & White Property Management & Realty failed to remit the pre-paid rent to the new management company, causing the tenant’s rent to be late. The tenant accrued late fees and attorney’s fees as a result of Allison & White Property Management & Realty’s failure to timely deposit her check and properly account for the receipt of her pre-paid rent.
VICTORIA DAVIS (BURLINGTON)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Davis for a period of 12 months and withdrew Davis’s education provider and instructor approval with no right to reapply for 3 years, effective February 1, 2026. The Commission then stayed the license suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that after Davis’s pre-licensing student failed an end of course exam for the third time, Davis agreed to pass the student anyway but requested they wait 30 days to take the State exam. Davis reported the student as passing the course but did not issue them a course completion certificate. The student took the State exam within 30 days and failed. Davis texted the student using unprofessional language and admitted that they requested the student delay the State exam to protect Davis’s pass rate.
EQUITY NORTH CAROLINA REAL ESTATE LLC (MATTHEWS)- By Consent, the Commission reprimanded Equity North Carolina Real Estate LLC, effective February 18, 2026. The Commission found that Equity North Carolina Real Estate LLC was hired to manage rental properties on behalf of its owner-client. Equity North Carolina Real Estate LLC’s qualifying broker, who is also the designated broker-in-charge, allowed a tenant to move into one of the rentals without executing a lease agreement. The tenant sent the security deposit and rent to Equity North Carolina Real Estate LLC, which were not disbursed for a period of six (6) months. After the owner-client terminated the property management agreement, the security deposits and rents were provided to the owner-client.
AMY GARCIA (OAK ISLAND)- The Commission accepted the permanent voluntary surrender of the real estate license of Garcia, effective February 18, 2026. The Commission dismissed without prejudice allegations that Garcia violated provisions of the Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules. Garcia neither admitted nor denied misconduct.
PAMELA LOWDER (WINSTON SALEM)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Lowder for a period of 12 months, effectiveFebruary 15, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Lowder listed residential property for sale and provided their seller-client a Residential Property and Owners Association Disclosure Statement (“RPOADS”) to fill out. The seller answered both “No” and “No Representation” to every question on the form but Lowder failed to instruct the seller on correcting the form. Lowder received copies of a home inspection report and elevated radon report from a buyer who later terminated the contract for unrelated reasons. Lowder failed to have the seller update the RPOAds prior to the second transaction and failed to provide copies or otherwise disclose material issues from the home inspection and radon report to two subsequent buyers.
LOWDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC (WINSTON SALEM)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Lowder Property Management LLC for a period of 12 months, effectiveFebruary 15, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Lowder Property Management LLC listed residential property for sale and provided their seller-client a Residential Property and Owners Association Disclosure Statement (“RPOADS”) to fill out. The seller answered both “No” and “No Representation” to every question on the form but the listing agent failed to instruct the seller on correcting the form. The listing agent received copies of a home inspection report and elevated radon report from a buyer who later terminated the contract for unrelated reasons. The listing agent failed to have the seller update the RPOAds prior to the second transaction and failed to provide copies or otherwise disclose material issues from the home inspection and radon report to two subsequent buyers.
SALTY CAROLINA VIBES REALTY (OAK ISLAND)- The Commission accepted the permanent voluntary surrender of the real estate license of Salty Carolina Vibes Realty, effective February 18, 2026. The Commission dismissed without prejudice allegations that Salty Carolina Vibes Realty violated provisions of the Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules. Salty Carolina Vibes Realty neither admitted nor denied misconduct.
RENUKA TUMMALA (NEW HILL)- The Commission accepted the permanent voluntary surrender of the real estate license of Tummala, effective February 18, 2026. The Commission dismissed without prejudice allegations that Tummala violated provisions of the Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules. Tummala neither admitted nor denied misconduct.
MELISSA VALLE QUINTERO (RALEIGH)- By Consent, the Commission reprimanded Valle Quintero effective March 1, 2026. The Commission found that Valle Quintero represented a buyer client in the purchase of a residential property that included a mobile home with an apartment above a garage. Before submitting the buyer client’s offer, Valle Quintero learned from the listing agent that the apartment space was unpermitted. Valle Quintero informed her buyer client that the space was unpermitted and not considered livable but did not further explain the potential resale implications of unpermitted space. Valle Quintero informed the buyer client that unpermitted additions may not be to code but failed to discuss further risks. Valle Quintero also failed to verify whether the property was located on a public or private street, instead relying on information from the listing.
FRANK VERDI II (GIBSONVILLE)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Verdi for a period of 12 months, effective January 5, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension following a one-month active period upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Verdi entered into an Alford plea on the felony charges of uttering a forged instrument and obtaining property by false pretenses. Verdi maintained that the seller of a home gave him a blank check for the installation of hardwood floors and asked him to fill it out. Verdi made the blank check payable to himself for $ 1,650, signed his own name on the check, cashed the check, and paid the flooring vendor in cash.
PAMELA WHITE (HICKORY)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of White for a period of 6 months, effective March 1, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that as broker-in-charge for Allison & White Property Management & Realty, White failed, within a reasonable period of time, to account for and to remit money coming into White’s possession which belonged to others. White failed to deposit a pre-paid rent payment within three (3) banking days and failed to remit those funds upon transfer of management to either the owner or the new management company. White deposited the rent check more than three (3) months after receipt, and the check was deposited into Allison & White Property Management & Realty’s operating account and not a trust account.
TYLER WILCOX (MAIDEN)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Wilcox for a period of 6 months, effective March 1, 2026. The Commission then stayed the suspension in its entirety upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Wilcox acted as the listing agent for a residential property, which went under contract with a buyer. The buyer terminated after the wood-destroying insect report (“WDIR”) revealed termite damage, and the home inspection discovered extensive termite damage and evidence of a prior fire. The home inspection revealed more extensive termite damage than the WDIR detailed. Wilcox received a copy of the buyer’s home inspection report and WDIR from the buyer’s agent. Wilcox shared the WDIR with potential buyers; however, Wilcox failed to disclose the extent of the termite damage and prior fire to the subsequent buyer before an offer was made.
JERRY WOJENSKI (HUNTERSVILLE)- By Consent, the Commission suspended the broker license of Wojenski for a period of 12 months, effective December 17, 2025. The Commission then stayed the suspension following a two-month active period upon certain conditions. The Commission found that Wojenski, while the Qualifying Broker and Broker-in-Charge of NDG Student Living LLC, a licensed real estate firm, accepted payments from tenants without maintaining a trust account or following any trust accounting rules, offered a referral fee to non-licensed tenants, and failed to have the required anti-discrimination language in his property management agreement.