Screw Procuring Cause - So What, Who Cares?! Get The Home Sold!
I work both sides. I'm primarily a listing agent and I will work with buyers. My job as a listing agent is to MARKET my clients' homes so they SELL. Listing agents rely on buyer's agents. If buyers walk into any of my Open Houses and they say they are working with a real estate agent, that is fine. I don't care if they have signed a Buyer Broker Agreement or not. I don't even ask. Just the fact that they said they are working with an agent is enough for me.That agent is a colleague even if I do not know them.
Buyers will get into their car and just go open house hopping. They may even find "the one". I may get a call the next day from their agent who wasn't with them but wants to make an offer. My reaction? WOOHOO! Let's get the negotiations underway and hopefully strike a deal!
Isn't that the priority? To get the home sold? YES!
If I were to use the term procuring cause in this situation, I should be drawned and quartered then tarred and feathered. Seriously. My job as a listing agent is to get the home sold. I have to put my client's best interest in front of mine always. So, I have to split the commission. <OMG, I'd rather eat worms than have to do that!> Not really. Most agents know that it is rare to bring in our own buyers to our listings. It does happen but not all the time. No one should count on it. I do not.
So, bring me your buyers and I guarantee you I will not cry: PROCURING CAUSE!
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