Okay, so I know times are getting tight for a lot of agents but I was really blown out of the water recently when an agent called me with what he termed as "a business dilemna".  So he continues on to tell me that he has a buyer who is considering three properties...one property offers a 3.5% buyer's agent commission, one offers 3% with a bonus, and mine offers 2.5%.  He says that his buyer intends to make an offer on one of those three properties before the next morning but he wants to know if my seller would be willing to offer a BONUS to him to push the seller's home over the others.

SILENCE....in fact, you could have heard a pin drop.  So I gather myself up off the floor and say "please tell me that you're not saying that you will push one property over the other based on the amount of compensation you will receive?".  He tells me to just answer the question so I tell him that I will discuss it with my seller and get back to him.

Now before I tell you the rest of the story, I would love to hear how any of you would handle the situation from this point.

 

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