My real estate company was approached in 2009 by International Relocation (owned by Rhoda Pearson) last year, claiming they were looking for representative brokers on Long Island to handle their relocating buyers. We paid an upfront fee in exchange for a guaranteed exclusive market area, and were told that our fee would be refunded if we did not receive any referrals within the first 12 months of our association.

When we attempted to contact the sales rep the day after signing contracts, I thought it odd that his phone was disconnected and the company told me he had just resigned. We waited in good faith for several months before realizing that no referral business was going to materialize, and then began requesting an adjustment of our fee or a complete cancellation of our agreement. We then found out from 2 other brokers on Long Island that this company had also sold them 'exclusive territories' which overlapped with ours.

Repeated calls to the company have been met with vague and/or no response, and our request to have our fee refunded has gone ignored.

The company is now in the hands of another entity called "My Relocation", which is headed up by a gentleman named Wayne Pearson (apparently Rhoda Pearson's son); who claims that, even though they took over International Relocation, they have no obligation to honor any contracts made by the previous company.

This is clearly a double-selling scam, beware of doing business with "My Referral company" or "International Relocation". To the best of my knowledge, they are located in bucks county PA; we are currently in touch with the Bucks county and Suffolk County District Attorney's Offices to file the appropriate fraud charges.