Just doing your job! I looked on Facebook once, at a buyer's page. Very interesting. He was not as serious as I thought.
Discretion is always smart even without signed agency, it is just a good habit to reinforce. You bring up a good point, the signed agency disclosure protects the buyers/sellers. Nice post.
Virginia - really? wow. I might really have to start doing this!
Richard - discretion is a quality I admire.
However, if you are the listing agent and a buyer shares information (that would impact the sale) with you at (for example) the open house, then you are under obligation to share it with your client... discretion is not an option in that case.
The same is true if the seller shares information... just the other day I was previewing and several sellers were home. One guy told me his mom had a stroke (she was the owner, he the executor of the estate). I of course asked about his mom, chatted a bit about when my mom had a stroke... the details of that discussion weren't really important. However, he went on to say they just want the house sold quickly and told me they didn't really care what they got for it if it was going to be an easy sale. The family has money, so it was of no consequence. I didn't pump for the information. I liked the guy. But he said that to me and I have obligation to share it with my buyer client if they write on that property. Discretion is not an option. Agreed? This is the kind of thing I am talking about specifically.
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