Fair Housing
An Alaska real estate agent who shows a military veteran buyer only homes located near the military base 'because veterans usually prefer that' is exhibiting:
AExceptional customer service tailored to the client
BPotential steering based on assumptions about a group rather than responding to the individual client's stated preferences✓ Correct
CMarket expertise about veteran buyer preferences
DBuyer representation best practices
Explanation
Making housing decisions based on assumptions about what a group of people prefer — rather than responding to the individual client's actual preferences — can constitute illegal steering. Agents must ask buyers what they want and show them properties matching their stated criteria, not their assumed group preferences.
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