I for one have not yet asked a buyer to sign an agreement with me and yes I have been burned a few times but I feel it is my service that should bind a buyer to me not a contract. In my cases it has been young buyers who think they should have several agents working for them.
Last week one of my MagnumOne Realty agents had a request to show a listing and while still in the house asked if she would accept a direct offer in return for a discount on the price. Our agent said no but that she could arrange to have a colleague write up the offer to help get the transaction started. This appeared to be acceptable to the buyer and the process was started.
Before anything could be completed there was a request from the buyer asking if she could increase the deposit and make it cash. Before we could respond to that request we got a call from another agent saying he had been showing our buyer homes for some time and in fact shown her the property we were selling just the day before.
I want to believe people are honest and treat others with at least a modicum of respect but this one makes be, again, realize there are some people out there who believe taking advantage of others is respectable.
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