YOU show them the house & I'll write the offer. Would you agree to it?

Hi Scott,  You really have few options.  Represent the seller to the best of your abilities.

Oy, Scott.  I haven't run into this, but I've had a few say, "Could you show me your listing?  I don't want to bother my agent. "  Really?

Scott, wow!  This offer writer sure has moxie!  Still, I'd have done exactly what you did and show them the place.

I would not agree to this, okay if the  buyer's agent was sick or on vacation, but I don't think it's in the best interest of the seller. Having an unprofessional agent on the buying side is not going to help a transaction. The liability of you answering questions with out the buyer's agent there is to great. I explain to the buyers that it her agent's job to show her the property and if her agent is to busy they need to find an agent who can find the time for them. 

Good evening you did the right thing and in the end doing the right thing will in most cases prevail. Have a blessed day talk to you soon

So the other agent wants to keep her regular income but wants a  commission for you showing them the house and her writing the offer. Disgraceful. But I agree that you don't want to penalise your seller. I would write the offer up and to h... with her. 

You did the right thing for your seller in showing them the property.  In Texas, if we act as an intermediary without appointments (sounds like your transactional) we are not allowed to give advice to either party.  Lots of sellers do not appreciate that since they are paying the commission and now they are left on their own since their agent has both sides. The other option is to have the brocker appoint another agent to work with the buyer. Each agent can then provide advice, but NEITHER can disclose confidential information.  The agent appointed to the buyer is typically paid a very nice Internediary fee for their time -- according to the broker's individual company policy. 

I would show it and write it and pay out the commission as I am a believer that what goes around comes around... But that doesn;t mean I would like doing it at the time...but I am working for the seller and that is what really matters,

I would and I have told orphaned clients to call their agent as soon as they step out of the house, explain what happened to them here, and to set an appointment to visit that agent at the agent's office and spend at least an hour discussing REPRESENTATION.

These buyers don't know they've been dumped on the highway like an unwanted cat - left to fend for themselves in a World They Never Made.

We can set them straight by telling them to keep in contact with their agent.  How are they EVER going to learn if EVERYONE dodges the job of educating them?  

Thanks for the post. Buyers should read this and hire a buyer  agent to help them buy a house.

That's absurd for an agent or buyer to work like that.                                                                                          

Well done, Scott. Keeping your seller's interests on top is important. Being nice to those being treated poorly by others is bonus points as well. They might just choose "your" listing over another because you accommodated them.
Thanks for sharing & good luck!
Bruce

Good lord, Scott, that makes my head hurt....  I guess it's good work if you can get it, huh?  If you cannot provide top notch service to your clients, let them hire someone else.  Any agent who treats a "friend" this way is not a good agent, or a good friend, IMO.

When i get those calls, I tell them I first need a copy of their pre-approval letter from their lender. If they don't have one, and the agent doesn't have one, I might or might not agree to the showing. Just depends on how much time I have available.

Hi Scott,

Real estate is easy!

When I am done with my full time job, I will check the email for the address of the house my buyers are buying.

After the kids are in bed I will type up the offer. My buyers can sign it electronically. Next day, I will send it to the listing agent and wait to collect my commission.

SweeeeeeT!

Phil

One of the first questions I would have asked is why do you want him/her to write the offer? Leads to all kinds of answers, Oh she is my sister, or she said she would rebate X amount, or several other possibilities.

Last one I got was a rebate, I just said well I will show you that house and rebate X plus Y for that one property and we can put it in writing and if you don't want to buy that house you will be free to go back to doing whatever you want to do, how does that sound. Yes, was the answer, then the call down the road from the agent, you stold my buyer. I said no, I was raised in the West and I always check for branding and that maverick didn't have any, you just can't just let unbranded cattle be running around the scrub brush unbranded and alone. Did you have a BBA they didn't tell me about? No,Better make sure you accompany your live stock from now on and don't let them be out roaming the countryside unbranded.

This new trend of please show my buyer property for me and I will write the offer and give you nothing for your help and time is BS and seems to be growing.  So my new policy is to charge a showing fee if not one of our listings and if there is a BBA, or a one time BBA if the buyer is a free agent. These new buyers are not even concerned if your the listing office, they expect you tol do the activity for them, it is your job and after all it doesn't cost you anything and they aren't going to make you write up an offer or anything and they will be happy to recommend you to some other user to see houses they aren't going to use you to buy.