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Show BROKERS-ACTAS ADVISERS TO CLIENTS OAKLAND, Feb. 4. A real aatata broker aa a professions! factor In tha community doea not render tha full service expected of himby the mere handling of tha detaila of a realty transaction, according to a statement made by Bruce Maiden, prealdeat of the Oakland real eatste board, la his annual report. Tha realty broker, ac- cording to tha report, muat ba la rfulity a a wll aa In nama tha pro-faaalonal pro-faaalonal advtaar of hla clirnta In matins mat-ins ot rraliy investment and tha pro-frBflinnal pro-frBflinnal guardian of tha righta and Interest! of hla clienta. Maidcna annual report follow a: Tha Oakland real eatata board hag Inaugurated a very vigorous and ooa-atructlva ooa-atructlva program of activities for . the year oa which wa nava Just an-terad. an-terad. Tha auljct wa hava undertaken under-taken to analyaa are ones with which w believe profeaalonal realty men ara mora familiar than othera nd art therefore mora likely to he abla to aolva Intelligently. Wa conf tdent ly ba-llrva ba-llrva that wa evolve racommendatlona and auggcatlona that will ba material- ly valuable and helpful to thoaa In whoee hnnda wa hava placed tha ra-anonaibllttr ra-anonaibllttr and th duty of guiding tha daatiniaa of our aplandld community. CONDITIONS ANALYEBD. An attempt to analyse tha preaeat atatua of reol property In thla community com-munity leads promptly and directly to tha subject of taxaa and tha tax rata, Aa attempt to atudy tha tax aubject promptly divides Haw If Into two phaaea. tha methods emploed In tha levying and collection of taxea nnrt tha policies followed In the expenditures made from the tax money collected. Tha most Important and fundamental Issue confronting tha city of Oakland ta the tax situation and avary other question affecting the growth of tha city la connected with and haa a direct di-rect bearing oa tha tax situation. l.tCOMB TO BS INCRBASBO. Fvary city haa cartaln fundamental ad fixed overheads, auch aa police, ftro and school departmenta, and from tne studv ths board haa given to theaa departmenta tha last year, U Is pretty well convinced that within a amall rudiua It la practically Impoaalble lo red uc tha coat of tha Itxad overheada In th.ee departmenta and that tha only hope of reducing tha . in Increasing tha Incoma of tha el ty by tha creation of nay taxablo waallh. |