Opinion ID: 1953412
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Heading: Hiring Jenkins as a Real Estate Agent

Text: In December 1996, William Strauss, about eighty years old and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, conferred power of attorney on his younger brother Benjamin Strauss, who was then about seventy-six years old. [1] In 1998, as the disease progressed, William moved from his home at 4247 Nash Street in Northeast Washington to a nursing facility. Thus, Benjamin determined that his brother's home, which had no mortgage encumbering it and was in very good condition, should be sold to fund his nursing home care. Toward this end, in January 1998, Benjamin, on behalf of his brother, sought the assistance of Richard Jenkins, with whom he had been casually acquainted through their church for many years. Jenkins was a long-practicing real estate agent and the owner of Jenkins Realty. He agreed to represent the brothers in the sale of the Nash Street house.