I was just pondering on one of my deals that closed a few months ago, where I never met:
1- the sellers
2- the buyers
3- the buyers agent
I do business on the lovely Island of Oahu, Hi and these sellers contacted me to sell their property. The sellers had moved out of their house about a year earlier, were living in Georgia & the property was rented out.
We communicated with e-mails & phone calls for the duration of the listing & Escrow. Since Hawaii accepts scanned & faxed signatures and doesn't require sellers & buyers to come together at closing , the sellers didn't come to Hawaii for the closing.
The buyers' agent showed the property herself ( it was on lock box) & I didn't have to be present at the inspections etc...
So I also never met the buyer's agent nor the buyers!!! It was a strange feeling to receive my commission check a few days after closing without having met any of the key players.
Looks like with the advent of technology, there will be more and more transactions like that. Transfers of property between people and agents who will never meet in person! Welcome to a brave new world of Real Estate!
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