“Kary — people (Agents for the Buyer) should be free to enter into whatever contracts they believe are in their (their clients) best interests (without the listing agent viewing that as doing something underhanded)”
I added the in parenthesis to Craig’s response. Kary…it is not a seller’s market. Market conditions should prevail and WOULD prevail, if agents weren’t so darned seller oriented ALWAYS. It is the Buyer Agents job to represent their client the buyer. It is the listing agent’s job to represent their client, the seller. In a buyer’s market, agents do less under the guise of the offer possibly being rejected if it leans toward the buyer. But lacking multiple offers, and in a slowing market, your stance is swaying to the seller side for apparently no good reason.
Until all Brokers instruct their agents in TWO formats, one if they represent the seller and another if they represent the buyer…the one way is usually the seller’s way. Think about that. No legislature can tell you how to represent your client well, because one day you represent a buyer and another day you represent a seller. You have to figure that one out for yourself and your Broker has to have TWO procedure manuals…not ONE.
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