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buyer contracts: Is It Time For Realtors To Start Acting Like Lawyers? - 09/08/10 10:51 AM
Are You A Patsy For Your Buyers?
As real estate agent, there’s a chance you may have discovered that everyone wants a piece of you. Buyers in particular want your knowledge of the market place, your experience and advice, and allowed to run amok unchecked, they will bleed you dry without a second thought. So long as there’s no charge of course. Because nobody wants to pay for advice. Heck no. Advice should be free, right?
But what if advice is all you’re selling?
As my attorney once said to me when I asked him about his exorbitant fees, “What I’m … (2 comments)

buyer contracts: Buyer Agreements, Commissions and Procuring Cause - 04/25/07 03:56 AM
When was the last time you saw an agent selling a property without a listing agreement? How about, um.. never?
And yet, while agents wouldn't dream of working with a seller who refused to sign an listing contract, they usually don't even ask for one from a buyer. And that's a bad idea, because without such an agreement, when the other agents emerge from the woodwork to claim your commission (and they will), you could be on difficult ground.
And it usually ends in tears. Or arbitration. Or both.
But is it enough to have a hard contract? Will it protect you against … (29 comments)

 
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